Names

Means “born at night” in Swahili.

From a Norman surname of unknown meaning. It was used as a given name in American in honour of Harvard president Charles Chauncey (1592-1672).

From Sino-Vietnamese 珠 (châu) meaning “pearl, gem”.

Yiddish variant of Ezekiel.

From the English word chastity, which is ultimately from Latin castus “pure”. It was borne by the daughter of Sonny Bono and Cher, which probably led to the name’s increase in popularity during the 1970s.

Variant of Chastity.

From a surname meaning “chase, hunt” in Middle English, originally a nickname for a huntsman.

Diminutive of Charles.

Possibly means “fierce brightness” in Greek. In Greek mythology Charon was the operator of the ferry that brought the newly dead over the River Acheron into Hades.

Spanish diminutive of Rosario.