Karana as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Karana

What is the meaning of the name Karana ?

The baby name Karana is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Sanskrit: /kɑːrəɳə/ (kaa-rah-nuh); English approximation: /kəˈrɑːnə/ (kuh-RAH-nuh).

Karana is Sanskrit in Origin.

Karana has roots in Sanskrit, where kāraṇa/karana means “cause, reason, or instrument,” from the verbal root √kṛ “to do, make.” The term appears widely in classical Indian thought: in the Natya Shastra it names one of the 108 coordinated dance movements (karanas), and in traditional calendars it denotes a lunar day subdivision. As a given name it reads as “that which brings about” or “agent of action,” and is occasionally used as a unisex choice in South Asia.

In the English-speaking world, Karana is best known as the resilient heroine of Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960), which lent the name a modern, feminine profile. Variants and transliterations include Kārana (IAST), Kaarana, and Karana without diacritics; related but distinct are Karan and Karuna. Possible short forms include Kara or Ana.