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[catter70]

I didn't know that was a thing anymore. Stupid to begin with. I was looking on MSN and a couple topics are classic boomer names not used much anymore  and popular names from the year you were born, and unpopular names no longer given. Guess I'll check it out.

[stellabystarlight]

My real name is Karen, and I love my name.  My mother loved its Norwegian origins and felt it was so soft and lovely. I was born in the 1950s and while it was not like the popular Mary, Susan, Tracy etc., it had some popularity.

[azgal]

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@stellabystarlight wrote:

My real name is Karen, and I love my name.  My mother loved its Norwegian origins and felt it was so soft and lovely. I was born in the 1950s and while it was not like the popular Mary, Susan, Tracy etc., it had some popularity.

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I was born in the early 50's and have a very common name which I didn't like. Five of us in my class!

I wanted to be named Karen and asked my mother why I can't have that name. She said because I have a cousin with that name. I still like the name Karen and it's sad that some have turned it into something bad. 

[We rescue cats]

I think I graduated with a half dozen Karens, and not one of them was a negative individual. Sad that it has that connotation today.

[haddon9]

It's a very popular Boomer name like Susan, Patricia, Diane, Debbie, Babara, Carol, Mary....I could go on.  You never see babies named those names anymore.

However, I really feel very badly for the women with the name of Karen.  How it became so negative is really awful!  I have read that some women when in public give a different name when having their names called out so they don't get strange looks.  Some women named Karen have gotten pretty upset by all of the negativity.

No, I'm not a Karen but I do know several.

[goldensrbest]

Never heard of this before,just silly.

[Kachina624]

The derogatory inference given to a woman who complains about having been wronged, infuriates me. It's part of a big scheme to degrade and decrease the importance of the female opinion. We shouldn't put up with being called "karens". Its going to get worse.

[haddon9]

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@goldensrbest wrote:

Never heard of this before,just silly.

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@goldensrbest It's gotten really terrible!  Just go over to Youtube and search for "Karen"....nothing else and you'll see what I mean!

[occasionalrain]

I've known two Karens, one was just OK, the other awful.

I can't see much difference between Karen used to describe an unpleasent woman and Debbie used to discribe a downer.

If my name were Karen, it isn't, I would instead introduce myself as Karri or Kara. To me, both are more pleasing names.

[THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes]

A poster used "Karen" just yesterday in a response to others, so it's still in use.

A moderator deleted the post as name calling.

It was in the thread about Pat's daughter.

(I'll note, however, that said poster also used some other derogatory terms.)