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I don't like it. Unless you have a particular attachment to this river, I'd find a different Scottish landmark to use.

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I was trying to make Mingulay work, maybe for a mn, but then I found we were expecting a girl and so won't work for a girl.

I think of carrots, and carrion.

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The On sound is unpleasant to me but I like it better than the En in Karen.

I feel like it’d work better for a boy. I don’t care for it much either way but I think it could grow on me.

Militaristic: I just think of 'carronade'. Karen is much nicer, and I'd be happy to see lots of little Karens running around.

Looks more like a boys name to me. On a girl it would sound too much like Karen because when people talk fast they tend to change final vowels into schwas. I was going to say Carrona could be a feminization but it looks like corona so maybe not...

Given that the Carron is the river right next to where three people died in a train derailment today, this is pretty on the nose, isn't it?

I think it's ok, but would get mispelt and incorrect prounciation

I really like Caron, so Carron looks a bit misspelled. It also reminds me of carrots. That said, I still kind of like Carron, though perhaps prefer it for a boy.

Really hate

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It reminds me of "carrion."

The spelling looks masculine to me.

In my accent Carron and Karen sound the same. I've also known a Caryn, Carin, and Karin, so Carron just looks like another creative spelling aside from the river association.

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The name itself is fine, especially if you have a connection to Scotland, but I'd be more hesitant to use it now since "Karen" is having a not-so-positive moment.