Charise
Feminine · “grace”
The single s and the final e together put the weight at the back of this name. A doubled s would close the middle syllable and pull the stress forward; one s leaves it open and lets the ending take it. That is why Charise is said with the emphasis at the end and Charissa is not.
How old is the name Charise?
Charise first appears in US birth records in 1949 — 76 years ago. The typical Charise alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 2,000 people named Charise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Charise most popular?
Charise peaked in 1971, reaching #1292 nationally. See the whole 1971 chart.
Where it comes from
From charis to Charise
The story of Charise
The ending here is a genuine French feminine and not an American invention, which is worth saying because names of this shape are routinely assumed to be made up. French forms women's names in -ise from a set of stems the way it forms them in -ette and -elle: Louise, Denise, Élise, Thérèse. The pattern is old, regular and productive, and a name built on it is following a rule rather than improvising. What American naming did was borrow the ending and apply it more widely than French would, which is exactly what English has always done with French endings, and it makes the results neither less French nor less legitimate.
Meaning
grace
The Greek word behind it means grace or favor, and it is the same word that stands behind charisma and behind the Christian term for thanksgiving. The sense is secure even where the route into a particular family is not.
How the name formed
- charis
- Charisse
- Charise
Related forms: Charisse
Pronouncing Charise
shuh-REES
Two syllables with the weight at the back. The opening is unstressed and reduces, and the single s keeps the middle open, which is what puts the stress where it is.
Nicknames for Charise
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1949
- Most girls named
- 197185 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1292reached in 1971
- Change vs 2012
- +50.0%9 in 2014, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Charise in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Charisse in French — spelling variant
Charises among us
people named Charise are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Charise sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The meaning is warm and secure and connects to familiar English words.
- The stress at the back gives it a finish few names of its length have.
- It follows a real French pattern rather than an improvised one.
- Charisse and Cherise are both in use and the spelling gets queried.
- The opening sound can be read as sh or ch and strangers will guess.
- It is tied to the decades of its American use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Charises are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Charise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Charise in 2025?
- Charise is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Charise with classmates?
- Charise will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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