Karenza

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Name: Karenza

Gender: Feminine

Location: Cornish

Language: Cornish

Thematic: Unknown Thematic

Meaning: Karenza is a girl's name, which can be spelt in many different ways, such as: Kerensa, Kerenza, Karenza, Carenza. Karenza is a Cornish name, deriding from the Cornish for love. The name translates from its Cornish origins as 'loving', the Cornish word for love being 'car' (the 'enz' is the present participle). This, in turn, comes from the same Euro-linguistic roots as words like caress or charity (or carita, for example, from the Italian). In fact, large parts of the Cornish language bear much closer relation than English to others descended from the Latin (notably the Spanish and Italian) because it retained links with Roman Europe after the departure of the Romans for much longer than other parts of Britain.

Comments: Famous people with this name include the archaeologist and presenter of Channel 4's Time Team, Carenza Lewis.