Whats in a name?

Since a few other blogger's have done this with their dog's names and also theirs I thought I'd join in on the fun.

Watkins:

• Origin is Old English and German(2 different meanings)
• English meaning is Son of Walter
• German meaning is powerful warrior, army ruler
• Not common as a first name; mostly a surname
• It derives from the pre7th century Anglo-Saxon and Germanic personal name Walter from Waldhar, meaning "people-rule"
• Very popular with the Normans, who introduced it into the British Isles after the famous Conquest of England in 1066
• Watkin first appears as a personal name, an example being Watkin, the son of Henry Balistariust', in the domestic register of King Henry 3rd (1216 - 1272)
• From the 1920 US Census records there were between 471-939 families that had Watkins as a last name
• In 1990 Watkins was ranked #174 in popularity of last names
• New York has a racetrack name Watkins Glen
  

Karen

• Origin is Greek/Danish
• Meaning is Pure Maiden
  
• Used in Danish, English and Norwegian speaking countries
• Karen is the Danish form of Katherine
• Karen is also the name of the an ethnic group that lives in Eastern Myanmar and Thailand
• Famous bearers include singer Karen Carpenter, model Karen Elson and author Karen Blixen
• In Armenian, it is a masculine name

I was going to do Shocker's name also but I found stuff that I should not put on here. Also it came up with Silk the Shocker so I decided not to put the definition of Shocker. We all know it means a sweet black lab ;)