Given name
Caresse
“a woman with a tender touch”
Caresse is used as a given name. One French interpretation is “a woman with a tender touch.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a woman with a tender touch.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caresse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 338
- 0 boys · 338 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 40 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 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 372 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.
Caresse’s family of names
Caresse has a related form in Caressa. Caresse has a related form in Caress. Caresse has a related form in Carressa.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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