Female name
Charity
163 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2001. Expression number: 3.
Origin
From charity in the Biblical sense of Christian love; first used by Puritans. In early Christian tradition, Faith, Hope and Charity were the martyred daughters of Saint Sophia. The names, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:13 ("And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity") have been translated and used in many languages. The name of the sura (chapter) is one of several translations of the original Arabic.From Wiktionary, entry “Charity”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2001: 22 births. 163 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. It really came into use around 2001. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1975: 1,428 births. 35,557 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. It is still given: 562 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
3 + 8 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 2 + 7 = 39 → 3
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
1 + 9 + 7 = 17 → 8
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
3 + 8 + 9 + 2 = 22
- Digits missing from the name
- 4, 5, 6
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.