Karan
Karan is a first name and family name in different languages .
Origin and meaning
Karan is a Turkish male given name with the meanings "heroic, courageous, brave"; also: "dark", which also occurs as a family name.
As a Slavic male first name, Karan means "son of the sun"; it also appears as a family name.
In India and Sri Lanka, Karan occurs as a variant of Karna ( Sanskrit : कर्ण = ear) as a male first name and family name.
In the English-speaking world, Karan is a female given name as a variant of Karen .
Name bearer
Male first name
- Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria (* 1961), British entrepreneur and life peer
- Karan Brar (* 1999), American actor
- Karan Johar (* 1972), Indian film director and producer
- Karan Mahajan (* 1984), Indian-American writer, essayist and literary critic
- Karan Rastogi (* 1986), Indian tennis player
- Karan Singh (* 1931), Indian writer, politician and diplomat
- Karan Soni (* 1989), American actor
Female first name
- Karan Armstrong (* 1941), American soprano
- Karan Casey (born 1969), Irish folk singer
- Karan English (* 1949), American politician
family name
Turkish
- Burak Karan (1987–2013), German soccer player and Islamist
- Ümit Karan (* 1976), Turkish soccer player
Different genesis
- Amara Karan (* 1984), English actress
- Donna Karan (* 1948), American fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Goran Karan (* 1964), Croatian singer
- Guilherme Karan (1957-2016), Brazilian actor
- Ian Karan (* 1939), Hamburg entrepreneur and politician
- Marija Karan (* 1982), Serbian actress
See also
- Kahraman (BKS)