Given name & surname
Caressa
“a woman with a tender touch”
Caressa is a variant of Caresse. One French interpretation is “a woman with a tender touch.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caressa is a variant of Caresse. One French interpretation is “a woman with a tender touch.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Caressa 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 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caressa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,218
- 0 boys · 1,218 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 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 11 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 69 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,032 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Caressa’s family of names
Caressa has a related form in Caresse.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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