Names

Diminutive of Chuck.

Diminutive of Charles. It originated in America in the early 20th century. Two famous bearers of this name were pilot Chuck Yeager (1923-), the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound, and the musician Chuck Berry (1926-2017), one of the pioneers of rock music.

Spanish diminutive of Jesús.

Variant of Christelle.

Variant of Crystal.

Alternate transcription of Greek Χρύσα (see Chrysa).

Means “golden mouth”, from Greek χρυσός (chrysos) meaning “gold” and στόμα (stoma) meaning “mouth”. This was an epithet applied to eloquent orators, notably Saint John Chrysostom, a 4th-century archbishop of Constantinople.

English form of Chrysostomos.

Derived from Greek χρύσεος (chryseos) meaning “golden”. In Greek mythology Chryses was the father of Chryseis, a woman captured by Agamemnon during the Trojan War.

Patronymic derived from Chryses. In Greek legend she was the daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo. After she was taken prisoner by the Greeks besieging Troy, Apollo sent a plague into their camp, forcing the Greeks to release her.