Charity’s homework tonight consisted of a sheet she had to complete with information about her name. Neither Dave or I had any idea it’s origin. So I had to look it up. Guess that’s my homework. Found all sorts of interesting facts about “Charity”. Wow!
Charity - name meaning, origin
The girl's name Charity \ ch(a)-ri- ty\ is pronounced CHARE-ih-tee. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Charity is "dear". One of the virtue names. Originally denoted the Christian's love for his fellow man. See also Faith and Hope.
Charity has 18 variant forms: Carissa, Carita, Chareese, Charis, Charissa, Charisse, Charita, Charitee, Charitey, Charitye, Chariza, Charty, Cherri, Cherry, Sharitee, Sharitey, Sharity and Sharitye.
For more information, see also related names Clemence and Esperanza.
Baby names that sound like Charity are Cherita and Sharita.
Charity is a very common first name for women (#643 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#12252 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)
Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl name Charity. Compare Charity with its variant forms and related girl names.
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