Karen vs Linda - What's the difference?
karen | linda |
. First taken up as a given name in the U.S.A., and popular in the English-speaking world from the 1950s to the 1970s.
* 1878 , Drift-Weed , Houghton, Osgood,1878, page 28 ("Karen"):
* 1918 Cecily Ullman Sidgwick, Karen , W.Collins, 1918, page 12:
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* 1752 Countess D'Aulnoi, Thomas Parnell: The Court of Queen Mab. Tales of Fairies . London,M.Cooper, MDCCLII.page 328:
* 1946 Jack Lawrence: Linda ( a popular song ) :
As proper nouns the difference between karen and linda
is that karen is {{given name|female|from=Ancient Greek}}. First taken up as a given name in the U.S.A., and popular in the English-speaking world from the 1950s to the 1970s while Linda is {{given name|female|from=Germanic}}.karen
English
(wikipedia Karen)Etymology 1
From (etyl) Karen.Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Left you a lover in that far land, / O Karen sad, that you pine so long! / Would I could unravel and understand / That sorrowful, sweet Norwegian song!
- I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother. So much for our family affairs.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .External links
Ethnologue report on the Karen languages
Etymology 3
Anagrams
* ----linda
English
Alternative forms
* LyndaProper noun
(en proper noun)- The Orange-Tree'' stood in a Wood which belong'd to a Princess, who liv'd in a magnificent Palace not far off, and us'd to walk there. This Princess was young, beautiful and witty, and her Name ''Linda .
- When I go to sleep / I never count sheep / I count all the charms about Linda .