Given name
Carressa
“a woman with a tender touch”
Carressa is a variant of Caresse. One French interpretation is “a woman with a tender touch.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carressa is a variant of Caresse. One French interpretation is “a woman with a tender touch.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Carressa 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 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carressa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 0 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 8 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 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1985.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carressa’s family of names
Carressa has a related form in Caresse.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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