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 [ syll. (c)ha-ris-se, ch-ari-sse ] The girl name Charisse is pronounced as CH-aaRIY-S- KEY. Charisse is used chiefly in French. It is derived from Greek and French origins. The name was first bestowed in honor of the American dancer and actress Cyd Charisse (1921-2008); her surname is of uncertain origin. Charice (English), Cherice (English), Cherise (English and French), Sharice (English), Sharise (English), Sherise (English), and Sherisse (English) are forms of Charisse. In addition, Charisse is a spelling variant of the name Charis (English and German) in the French language. Charisse is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1971, 0.012% of baby girls were named Charisse. It had a ranking of #727 then. The baby name has seen a marked fall in popularity since then, and is today of infrequent use. Within all girl names in its family, Charisse was nevertheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Charisse include Charice (English), Charise (English), Charish (English), Cheerish (English), Cherece (English), Chereese (English), Cherese (English), Cheresse (English), Cherice (English), Cheriese (English), Cherish (English), Cherishe (English), Cherisse (English), Cherrice (English), Cherrise (English), Cherrish (English), Cheryce (English), Chareese (English), Charesa (English), and Charese (English). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Charisse: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
