Charo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Charo

What is the meaning of the name Charo ?

The baby name Charo is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish: /ˈtʃaɾo/ (CHA-ro).

Charo is Spanish in Origin.

Charo is a Spanish diminutive-turned-given-name derived from Rosario and María del Rosario, titles honoring Our Lady of the Rosary. Rosario comes from Latin rosarium, “rose garden,” hence “rosary,” the string of prayer beads. As a familiar nickname, Charo has long circulated in Spain and Latin America and, through Hispanic influence, in the Philippines; it began standing on its own as a given name in the mid‑20th century.

Usage is chiefly feminine, though Rosario can be masculine in Spanish and Italian; related nicknames include Chari and Charito (fem.) and Chayo (masc.). Regional forms connected to the root include Spanish Rosario, Portuguese Rosário, Italian Rosaria/Rosario, and Basque Txaro. The name gained wider visibility through the Spanish-born American guitarist and entertainer Charo (María Rosario Pilar Martínez Baeza) in the 1970s, and Filipino media figure Charo Santos-Concio. Meanings center on devotion and “garland of roses.”