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KARNA more than an Indian name?

by Andy ;—) (guest)

6/19/2007, 7:10 AM

BTH lists KARNA as an Indian name, meaning "ear."

Now I just met an American woman in her 30s with ancestors from south Sweden, and she said her name was a Danish variant of KAREN. - Can anybody confirm this?

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

6/19/2007, 9:01 AM

My Swedish name dictionary (Svenska fornamn by Roland Otterbjork, published in 1979) says that Karna is indeed a "southern Swedish" form of Karin. That book states that in southern Sweden Elna is also a form of Elena or Elina, and Marna is a form of Marina.

- Andy ;—) (guest)

6/20/2007, 6:35 AM

Thank you, Cleve!

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