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Careen (F)>

Careen (female)

Derivative of:Cara (F) Carina (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Modern English, of uncertain origin. It may be a compound name [Cara [= "dear"] with the revised ending -een.  Alternatively it might be a derivative of Carina [q.v.].

There is no record of Margaret Mitchell's source for its use in Gone With The Wind [1936].