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Meaning & Origins
Danish equivalent of Katherine. It was first introduced to the English-speaking world by Scandinavian settlers in America; it has been used in Britain only since the 1940s, but had become very popular by the 1960s.
| 24th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Norwegian (Øverby): habitational name from any of some twenty farmsteads, chiefly in southeastern Norway, named Øverby, from Old Norse Øfribýr, a compound of øfri ‘upper’ + býr ‘farmstead’.
| 5,129th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Karan, Karrie, Kar, Karren, Karrin, Karin
Overton, Overstreet, Overman, Overholt, Overbey, Overcash, Overturf, Overly, Overmyer, Overall
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