Karis

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Prussian name

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Karis is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 57K(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 89K
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,700 people, est.

Sources
276 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Prussian name

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Where in the world(measured from records)

Karis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Karis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈7,700 est.≈1 in 182K—Karis12
US United States—5,8731 in 57K5.7KKaris276
GB United Kingdom—≈740 est.≈1 in 89K6Karis133
NG Nigeria—≈630 est.≈1 in 342K—Karis19
HK Hong Kong—≈420 est.≈1 in 17K—Karis17
HN Honduras—≈100 est.≈1 in 90K—Karis4
JM Jamaica#408≈18 est.≈1 in 152K—Karis4
GY Guyana—111 in 68K11—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Karis is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Kariş, Ḵarīs, Káris

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Kårįs, Kariš

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Kariş, Kāris

  • Estonian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Estonia

    Also written Kãrïs

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Karis is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Gracia

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

  • In nij, a kind of dagger 10-15 inches in length, with double cutting edges, broad at the handle and sharply pointed

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In mqy, scratch mark

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In mrw, sword

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Karis Kanatbaj, b. 1911Karis Jagger, b. 1970Karis Paige Bryant, b. 1985Karis Watson, b. 1992Karis Alika Islamadina, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 46 sources across 27 countries.

Official registers attesting Karis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020613#38,825
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000610#35,003
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010520#41,799
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Karis mean, and where does it come from?
Prussian name Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
Is Karis a male or female name?
Karis is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Karis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.7 thousand people named Karis in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled karis.
How common is the name Karis?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,873 people named Karis in 2020, about 1 in 57 thousand residents.
How common is Karis compared with other names?
In Jamaica, Karis is the 408th most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Karis” — the 408th most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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