Given name & surname
Caris
“one who loves and is loved”
Caris is a variant of Carys. One Welsh interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caris is a variant of Carys. One Welsh interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Caris is a variant of Carys. An origin associated with Carys is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Caris as a surname developed from KARAS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,215
- 5 boys · 1,210 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 61 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,207 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,207 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 51.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 61 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,214 as a first name in 2020; 669 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.
Caris’s family of names
In English usage, Caris as a surname developed from the German form KARAS. Caris has a related form in Carys. In English usage, Caris as a surname has an alternative spelling in CARRAS.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Caris
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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