Charna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Charna by the numbers

Charna was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 1965, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Charna

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 Charna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Chanagrace or favor306 in the US (2017)
  • Charlafree person; a form of charlene7 in the US (2017)
  • Charajoy or gladness5 in the US (2017)
  • Clarabright, clear610 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Charlifree man; a form of Charles526 in the US (2017)
  • Chayalife414 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Charna

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