Given name & surname · also Greek
Charis
“having grace and kindness”
Charis is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “having grace and kindness.”
Original GreekΧαρής
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “having grace and kindness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
The name draws on Greek kharis, meaning “grace”.
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
Charis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,415
- 68 boys · 4,347 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 133 babies
- 2025
- 59
- #3,137 for girls · #9,066 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 51 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,137 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 127 in 2006. It also appeared in 8 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,934 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.
Charis’s family of names
Charis has a related form in Charisse. Charis has a related form in Charissa. Charis has a related form in Charise.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Charis
- Kharis YunichevOlympic swimmer (1931-2006)
- Charis CharisisGreek footballer (born 1995)
- Charis YuliantoIndonesian footballerborn 1978
- Charis MichelsenAmerican actressborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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