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On Anna Karenina

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Actually the surname Karenina signifies "(wife)of Karenin". Indeed, Anna is Karenin's wife in Tolstoy's novel.
I'm afraid that I could not find an etymology for Karen. Could be tghe name is ultimately related to Catherine. By the way, an excellent resource for Russky surnames is http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/index.html

It sounds like Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina'... also, I'm sure that it's a version of Katherine.