BBC Radio 1’s Matt Edmondson is taking drastic action to stop the name Karen becoming extinct.
The radio DJ has declared he’ll pay 100 people to legally change their names to Karen amid news the name is on its way out. He decided to launch the initiative after seeing that the number of children being born with the name Karen had dropped below 500 and if this trend persists there'll soon be no Karens left at all, making the name 'extinct'.
He plans to match the price of a deed poll request – £42.44 - in the hopes that it'll get the ball rolling on saving the name for future generations.
