Chara is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “darling, beloved, dear, loved one.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Chara at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek
Meaning
“darling, beloved, dear, loved one”
Also spelled
Charlotte
About the name Chara
Chara belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “darling, beloved, dear, loved one” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Charlotte.
In the United States, Chara first appears in Social Security records in 1956. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2262 in 1976, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,005 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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