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Karicia
How to Pronounce Karicia
Pronounced kah-REE-see-ah /kɑˈriː.si.ɑ/Medium
Meaning: Karicia is a modern coinage with no single fixed source. It matches the Spanish word caricia, 'a caress,' and it also reads as a blend of names like Karina and Alicia. Families using it drew on that soft, affectionate sound rather than one settled etymology.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Karicia is a modern, mostly Latina-American coinage that had a brief life in United States records in the early 2000s. It echoes the Spanish caricia, 'a caress,' and blends smoothly with familiar names such as Karina and Alicia. It appeared around 2002 and faded within a few years, and it was never common - given to only a couple dozen girls a year at most.
A girl named Karicia is a young millennial today, her name a small, warm marker of early-2000s Latina naming taste. Flowing and four-beat, it belongs to the same family of soft -icia and -ina names; it never revived and remains a genuine rarity.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Karicia mean?
It is a modern coinage, most likely from the Spanish caricia, 'a caress,' or a blend of Karina and Alicia.
How do you pronounce Karicia?
It's said kah-REE-see-ah /kɑˈriː.si.ɑ/, four syllables, stress on the second.
Is Karicia a boy or girl name?
Karicia is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Karicia?
It has always been very rare, appearing only briefly in the early two-thousands and given to only a couple dozen girls a year.