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Meaning & Origins
From the vocabulary word, denoting originally the Christian's love for his fellow man (Latin caritas, from carus ‘dear’). This was taken up as a girl's name in the 16th century, but in spite of St Paul's words ‘and now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity’ (1 Corinthians 13:13), Charity is less commonly used as a given name than the shorter Faith and Hope.
| 1,022nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
English: nickname from Old French poing destre ‘right fist’. This name is particularly associated with Huguenot refugees who fled from France to England, and from there to VA.
| 2,920th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Charita, Charito, Charotte, Charite, Charit, Chariti, Charetta, Charitie, Chariotte, Charette
Pointer, Points, Point, Poinsett, Pointon, Poinsette, Pointdexter, Poiner, Poindujour, Pointdujour
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