Given name
Charu
“one who is gorgeous”
Charu is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is gorgeous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “one who is gorgeous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Charu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 7 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 7 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 807 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.
Charu’s family of names
Charu has a related form in Charoo. Charu has a related form in Charou.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Charu
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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