Given name & surname
Caridad
“a woman of generous love”
Caridad is a form of Charity. One Latin interpretation is “a woman of generous love.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caridad is a form of Charity. One Latin interpretation is “a woman of generous love.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Caridad is a form of Charity. An origin associated with Charity is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Caridad is used as a form of Charity.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caridad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,759
- 0 boys · 1,759 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,372 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,372 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 59 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,198 as a first name in 2020; 423 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.
Caridad’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Caridad has a diminutive in EDAD. Caridad shares a linguistic root with Charity. Caridad is a form of Charity.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Caridad
- Caridad MercaderSpanish communist and NKVD agent (1892-1975)
- Caridad Bravo AdamsMexican writer (1908-1990)1904–1990
- Caridad de la LuzAmerican actress and poetborn 1977
- Caridad Zazo CardeñaSpanish geologistborn 1945
- Caridad JerezSpanish hurdlerborn 1991
- Caridad CanelónVenezuelan actorborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Caridad, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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