Given name & surname
Charisse
“having grace and kindness”
Charisse is a variant of Charis. One English interpretation is “having grace and kindness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Charisse is a variant of Charis. One English interpretation is “having grace and kindness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Charisse is a variant of Charis. An origin associated with Charis is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Charisse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,296
- 0 boys · 5,296 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 209 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 209 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,823 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 86,840 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Charisse’s family of names
Charisse has a related form in Charis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
Similar names
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“having grace and kindness”
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>99% girls
Sheryce
“having grace and kindness”
>99% girls
Sherisse
“having grace and kindness”
>99% girls
Chastity
“having purity; a woman of innocence”
>99% girls
Charisa
“having grace and kindness”
>99% girls