Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Χάρης
“beauty, elegance, charm, grace”
Χάρης (Khắrēs) is a masculine given name. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Harry.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Χάρης goes back to a word meaning “beauty, elegance, charm, grace.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Greek usage, Χάρης is a diminutive of Θεοχάρης. In Greek usage, Χάρης is a diminutive of Χαράλαμπος.
Χάρης’s family of names
In Greek usage, Χάρης is a diminutive of Θεοχάρης. In Greek usage, Χάρης can be written in the Roman alphabet as Cháris. In Ancient Greek usage, Χάρης has a transliteration in Khárēs.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Χάρης has relatives in 3 languages.
7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Χάρης
- Charalampos MavriasGreek footballerborn 1994
- Harris SavidesAmerican cinematographer (1957–2012)
- Haris KastanidisGreek politicianborn 1956
- Charis GiannopoulosGreek basketball player (born 1989)
- Harris GeorgiadesCypriot politicianborn 1972
- Haris ZambarloukosGreek Cypriot cinematographerborn 1970
- Haris PamboukisGreek politicianborn 1958
- Charis GrammosGreek footballerborn 1948
- Haris VlavianosModern Greek poetborn 1957
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Similar names
If you love Χάρης, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Gechina
Gechina is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.
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Nollee
“filled with hope”
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Elpidah
“filled with hope”
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Onit
“filled with grace”
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Nadusha
“one who is full of hope”
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Haneatah
“favored with divine grace”
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umēd
“hope”
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Hanietah
“favored with divine grace”
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