Karee as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Karee

What is the meaning of the name Karee ?

The baby name Karee is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced kuh-REE (kə-REE).

Karee is English in Origin.

Karee is a modern English given name, most often feminine, formed as a creative respelling of Carrie/Karie. Carrie began as a pet form of Caroline or Carol, themselves from the Germanic Karl/Charles ‘free man.’ Karee also overlaps with the Irish surname-given-name Carey (Ó Ciardha), interpreted as ‘dark’ or ‘descendant of Ciardha,’ and with the Scandinavian male name Kare/Kåre, from Old Norse Kári ‘curly(-haired).’

Used sporadically in the United States from the late 1960s through the 1990s, Karee fits the era’s trend for bright, two-syllable names ending in -ee, and remains uncommon today. Variant spellings and cognates include Karie, Karree, Karey, Kary, Keri, Kari, Carrie, and Cari; masculine counterparts are Kare and Kåre. Depending on the line of derivation, the name’s meanings can be read as ‘free (person),’ ‘dark,’ or ‘curly-haired.’