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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Pure
  • American : Sweet melody
  • Greek : Pure
  • English : Pure; variation of Katherine
  • Greek : Pure

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Bengal, Orissa) and Bangladeshi : Hindu (Kayasth) name, from the name of a subgroup in the Kayasth community, derived from Sanskrit karạna ‘writer’, ‘scribe’.
  • Jewish (Eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Koran.

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