Koren is a surname or given name, which has multiple origins. Koren may be a variant of the
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
occupational surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
Korn
Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in 1993 by James Shaffer, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and David Silveria, who were members of the band ...
, meaning a dealer in grain. In Slavic-speaking countries, it is a surname derived from a word meaning "root"; variants include Kořen (Czech), Koreň (Slovak), Korzeń (Polish), and Koren (Slovene).
Alternatively, the name may be a variant of the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
female name Kora, which means "maiden". Koren may also be a surname or masculine given name of
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
origin, which means "gleaming".''Baby Names'' "Baby Names: Koren" Retrieved on 4 January 2016. The name Koren may refer to:
Surname
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Christiane Koren
Christiane Koren (27 July 1764 – 28 January 1815) was a Danish-Norwegian writer. She wrote both poems and plays, but today she is primarily known for her diaries, which are regarded to be important historical documents of contemporary Norway.
B ...
(1764–1815), Norwegian writer
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Ulrik Vilhelm Koren Ulrik Vilhelm Koren (December 22, 1826 – December 19, 1910) was a Norwegian-American author, theologian and church leader. A pioneer Lutheran minister, he played a significant role in the development of the spiritual and intellectual development ...
(1826–1910), Norwegian-American pastor, theologian, and author
* Dani Koren (1945-2024), Israeli politician
* Daniel Koren (born 1984), Israeli musician
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Ed Koren
Edward Benjamin Koren (December 13, 1935 – April 14, 2023) was an American writer, illustrator, and political cartoonist, most notably featured in ''The New Yorker''.
Early life and education
Edward Benjamin Koren was born in a Jewish famil ...
(1935–2023), American writer and cartoonist
* Einar Sand Koren (born 1984), Norwegian handball player
* Elad Koren (born 1968), Israeli football player
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Eliyahu Koren
Eliyahu Koren (Hebrew: אליהו קורן; 23 July 1907 – 17 February 2001) was a German-born Israeli typographer and graphic artist. After studying in Nuremberg, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1933. He served as head of the graphics ...
(1907–2001), Israeli graphic artist
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Gal Koren
Gal Koren (born January 16, 1992) is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.
Koren competed at the 2013 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team
The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team ...
(born 1992), Slovene ice hockey player
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Gideon Koren
Gideon Koren, FACMT, FRCP(C) (Hebrew: גדעון קורן; born August 27, 1947, in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-Canadian pediatrician, clinical pharmacologist, toxicologist, and a composer of Israeli folk music. He was a doctor at the Hosp ...
(born 1947), Canadian pediatrician
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Haim Koren
Haim Koren (; born 6 June 1953) is an Israeli diplomat. He is a former director of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), Israel's Foreign Ministry Political Planning Division and the former Israeli ambassador to Egypt and South Sudan.
Diplomatic c ...
Katja Koren
Katja Koren Miklavec (born 6 August 1975) is a former Slovenian alpine skier.
Born in Maribor, she won a bronze medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. She took her sole World Cup win at the age of 18 in a Super-G in Flachau in Dec ...
(born 1975), Slovene skier
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Kristijan Koren
Kristijan Koren (born 25 November 1986) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode for UCI Continental Circuits, UCI Continental team .
During his racing career, Koren won the Gran Premio Città di Camaiore in 2010, and the ...
(born 1986), Slovene cyclist
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Leonard Koren
Leonard Koren (born January 4, 1948) is an American artist, aesthetics expert and writer.
Life and work
Leonard Koren was born in New York City in 1948, and raised in Los Angeles. In 1969, he co-founded the Los Angeles Fine Arts Squad, a mura ...
, (born 1948), American artist
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Majda Koren
Majda Koren (born 12 March 1960) is a Slovene children's writer and teacher. She also works with the youth programme section of Radiotelevizija Slovenija, the Slovenian national broadcaster.
Koren was born in Ljubljana in 1960. She studied at t ...
(born 1960), Slovene writer
* Matthew Koren (born 1986), American Businessman
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Nurit Koren
Nurit Koren (; born 24 February 1960) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 2015 and 2019.
Biography
Koren was born in Jerusalem to Yemenite Jewish immigrants, and has four brothers. Her fat ...
(born 1960), Israeli politician
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Petter Mørch Koren
Petter Mørch Koren (22 January 1910 – 14 November 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
He was a deputy member of Hedrum municipality council in the period 1937–1938 and held various positions in Oslo city ...
(1910–2004), Norwegian politician
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Robert Koren
Robert Koren (born 20 September 1980) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Koren earned 61 caps and scored five goals for the Slovenia national team between 2003 and 2011 and played at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Besides ...
(born 1980), Slovene football player
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Steve Koren
Steve Koren is an American writer/producer and screenwriter. Most notably, he has written for ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Seinfeld'', and '' Veep''. He also wrote or co-wrote the movies '' Bruce Almighty'', '' Click'', '' A Night at the Roxbury ...
(born 1966), American screenwriter
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Ziv Koren
Ziv Koren (; born July 13, 1970) is an Israeli photojournalist, a representative of "Polaris Images" photo agency. Koren is most noted for documenting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, IDF operations, and the IDF special forces
Special ...
(born 1970), Israeli photojournalist
Given name
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Koren Jelela
Koren Jelela, also known as ''Koren Jelila Yal'', (born 18 January 1987 in Shewa) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Career
At the 2007 World Cross Country Championships she finished nineteenth in the senior race. With four Ethiopian runners ...
(born 1987), Ethiopian runner
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Koren Robinson
Koren Lynard Robinson (born March 19, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack. He was select ...
(born 1980), American football player
* Koren Shadmi (born 1981), Israeli illustrator
* Koren Zailckas (born 1980), American writer
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Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (née Pinkett; born September 18, 1971) is an American actress, businesswoman, and talk show host. She is co-host of the Facebook Watch talk show ''Red Table Talk'', for which she has won a Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytim ...
(born 1971 as Jada Koren Pinkett), American Actress
See also
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Coren
Coren is a variant of the Roman masculine and female given name Corina meaning "spear".
It was the surname of the following people:
*Alan Coren (1938–2007), English journalist and satirist
*Anna Coren (born 1975), Australian journalist and tele ...