Charity
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning charity; virtue name from virtue of Christian charity.
Charity by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Charity. In the US, 192 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,421 babies in 1975, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Charity. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Chasitypurity; a misspelling of Chastity108 in the US (2017)
- Clarityclearness; lucidity; transparent quality58 in the US (2017)
- Charleyfree man; a form of Charles703 in the US (2017)
- Christyfollower of christ; a form of christine88 in the US (2017)
- Charlyfree man; a form of Charles87 in the US (2017)
- Charisgrace, kindness29 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean Christ
Like Charity, each of these has Christ in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christinafollower of christ; a feminine form of Christian770 in the US (2017)
- Christinefollower of Christ; feminine of Christian346 in the US (2017)
- Kristinafollower of Christ; a form of Christina268 in the US (2017)
- Karsenfollower of Christ; a modern respelling of Karsten234 in the US (2017)
- Kristenfollower of Christ; a form of Christine234 in the US (2017)
- Cristinafollower of christ; form of Christina209 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Charity, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Charity
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