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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Charlotte: French, feminine diminutive of Charles Meaning of Charlotte: "free man" Charlotte's Popularity in 2012: #19
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Charlotte is an elegant royal name, with a host of widely varied role models, from Charlotte Bronte to the spidery Charlotte of E. B. White's Web to the more recent Charlotte York, aka the prissy one, of Sex and the City. Charlotte is appealing to a wide range of parents because it sounds feminine yet grownup, sophisticated yet lush.

England's Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III who ruled in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, was the mother of fifteen children and a patron of Mozart and Bach. Charlotte and George ruled England during the French and American revolutions; Charlotte was called "The Mulatto Queen" and was rumored to have African ancestry, a claim that American abolitionists used to support their cause.

An all-around winner of a name, Charlotte was recently chosen by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. Nameberry favorite Charlotte, the Number 1 name among our users in 2010, is climbing in popularity on the overall charts.

Famous People Named Charlotte

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American writer and sociologist
Charlotte Armstrong, American author
Charlotte Bronte, novelist
Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
Charlotte Church, Welsh singer
Charlotte Martin, American singer
Charlotte Rae, American actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer
Charlotte Corday, assassin of the French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, American educator
Charlotte Kemp Muhl, American fashion model
Charlotte Salt, English Actress
Charlotte Arnold, Canadian Actress
Charlotte Tomlinson, sister of singer Louis Tomlinson of One Direction
Charlotte Kay Hansen, daughter of Brendan Hansen

Pop Culture References for the Name Charlotte

"Charlotte's Web," a children's book
Charlotte Lucas, character from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"
Charlotte Charles (aka Chuck), character on cult classic "Pushing Daisies"
Charlotte York, character from "Sex and the City"
Charlotte "Charlie," in "Shadow of a Doubt"
Charlotte Staples Lewis, character on U.S. series "Lost'
"Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte" movie
Charlotte, character in movie "Lost in Translation"
Charlotte Adams, from Disney's "As the Bell Rings"
Charlotte Branwell, character from the Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare

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Charlotte's International Variations

Karlotta (Greek) Sarolta (Hungarian) Séarlait (Irish Gaelic) Carlotta (Italian) Sharlotta (Russian) Carlota (Spanish) Charlotta (Swedish)

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