Chari
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Chari by the numbers
Chari was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 1960, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Chari
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Charlifree man; a form of Charles526 in the US (2017)
- Charisgrace, kindness29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Charma quality that delights or attracts; appeal49 in the US (2017)
- Cariflows like water or flowing8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Charvibeautiful, lovely9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Chanigraceful; a form of Chana or Hannah14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Chari
Names that are said the same way as Chari, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Shariprincess; a form of Sharon
Names about as common as Chari
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