Charity f
English: from the vocabulary word, denoting originally the Christian's love for his fellow man (Latin caritās, from carus dear). In spite of St Paul's words ‘and now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity’ (1 Corinthians 13: 13), Charity is now rarely used as a given name in comparison with the shorter FAITH (SEE Faith) and HOPE (SEE Hope).
First names dictionary. 2012.