Given name & surname
Caress
“a woman with a tender touch”
Caress is a variant of Caresse. One French interpretation is “a woman with a tender touch.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caress is a variant of Caresse. One French interpretation is “a woman with a tender touch.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Caress is a variant of Caresse. An origin associated with Caresse is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caress through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 209
- 0 boys · 209 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 69 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 69 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 229 as a first name in 2020; 270 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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