Charis

Where Charis comes from

From Ancient Greek Χάρις (Kháris, literally “beauty, elegance, charm, grace”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Charis
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #2,514 among girls, 14 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2006
    Peak, #1,664
    127 babies named Charis — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,923.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.