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Origin and Meaning of Charity

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• According to a user from Kenya, the name Charity is of English origin and means "Love".
• A user from South Africa says the name Charity is of Latin origin and means "Generous love".

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun Char"i*ty

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1. Love; universal benevolence; good will."Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the greatest of these is charity." [1. Cor. xiii. 13.]"They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose hearts the great charities . . . lie dead." [Ruskin.]"With malice towards none, with charity for all." [Lincoln.]
2. Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others."The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable." [Buckminster.]
3. Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity."The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans, spake like a Christian." [Dryden.]
4. Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness."She did ill then to refuse her a charity." [L'Estrange.]
5. A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity .
6. pl.[Law] Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions."The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers." [Wordsworth.]
   synonyms: Love; benevolence; good will; affection; tenderness; beneficence; liberality; almsgiving.

Etymology: F. charité fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. Caress

Other Dictionary Sources

1. An activity or gift that benefits the public at large
2. A kindly and lenient attitude toward people
   Synonyms: brotherly love
3. An institution set up to provide help to the needy
4. A foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
5. Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
   Synonyms: greek valerian, jacob's ladder, polemonium caeruleum, polemonium van-bruntiae, and polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae

Wiktionary

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.

1. A female given name.

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Fun Facts about the name Charity

• How Popular is the name Charity? Charity is the 1,274^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Charity was the 17,428^th most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Charity have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 34,448 babies born with the first name Charity in the United States. That's more than enough people named Charity to occupy the country of San Marino with an estimated population of 32,312 (as of March 31, 2012).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Charity? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 29 new born babies.
• When was Charity first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Charity is Saturday, March 23rd, 1867.
• What year had the most people named Charity born? The highest recorded use of the first name Charity was in 1975 with a total of 1,421 babies. That's a lot of babies named Charity!
• Random Charity Factoid: According to the 1975 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Charity ranks 79^th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Wyoming. Imagine that, 8 babies in Wyoming have the same name as you in 1975.
• Weird things about the name Charity: Your name in reverse order is Ytirahc. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Tcaryih. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Charity? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,619 people with the last name Charity.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Charity? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Charity as their last name since less than 1 person in 182k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!

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