Charles

French from German

"free man"

Charles Origin and Meaning

Variation of Carl

Charles Rank in US Top 1000

# 51 in the US

Charles Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 200 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Charles

• 51 US 2024
• 200 Nameberry 2025
• 30 Canada 2024
• 68 Future 2035
• 119 England 2024
• 164 scotland 2024
• 99 Australia 2023
• 72 New Zealand 2021
• 68 France 2024
• 45 Belgium 2024

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Famous People Named Charles

• Charles I "the Great" aka Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor
• Charles II VI, Holy Roman Emperors
• Charles I and II Kings of England, Scotland and Ireland
• Charles Philip Arthur George Prince of Wales, British heir apparent
• Charles Martel Duke of the Franks
• Charles II and III Kings of Spain
• Charles IV (born Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego) King of Spain
• Charles II IX, Kings of France
• Charles X (born Charles Philippe) King of France
• Charles I XIII, Kings of Sweden
• Charles XIV John King of Sweden
• Charles XV (born Carl Ludvig Eugen) King of Sweden
• Charles I (born Carlos Fernando Luís Maria Victor Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis José Simão) King of Portugal
• Charles I (born Karl Franz Joseph Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria) last Emperor of Austria
• Charles I (born Charles Robert) King of Hungary
• Charles I III, Kings of Naples
• Saint Charles Borromeo Italian cardinal
• Charles John Huffam Dickens English novelist
• Charles Robert Darwin English naturalist
• Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle President of France
• Matthew Charles "Matt" Czuchry American actor
• Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin English actor and director
• Charles Warren Fairbanks 26th U.S. Vice President
• Charles Gates Dawes 30th U.S. Vice President
• Charles Curtis 31st U.S. Vice President
• Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot English actor
• (Walter) Charles Dance English actor
• Charles Monroe Schulz American cartoonist
• Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones American animator
• (Henry) Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski) American novelist
• Charles Mingus Jr. American jazz musician
• Charles Otto "Charlie" Puth Jr. American singer,songwriter
• (Louis) Charles Auguste Claude Trenet French singer,songwriter
• Charles Wade Barkley American basketball player
• Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose Jr. American broadcast presenter
• Charles Phillip Ingalls father of novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky) American actor
• Charles Boyer French actor
• Charles Perrault French folklorist
• Charles Francis Adams son of U.S. President John Quincy Adams
• Charles Y.J.Gh. Michel Prime Minister of Belgium
• Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry American musician
• Charles "Charlie" Parker Jr. American musician
• Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy 5th Baron Shaughnessy, English actor
• Charles Michael Davis American model & actor
• Charles Michael Levine birth name of Chuck Lorre, American TV writer and producer
• Charles "Charlie" Carver American actor; twin brother Max Carver
• Charles Edward Durning American actor
• John Charles Carter birth name of American actor Charlton Heston
• Charles Samuel "Chas" Addams American cartoonist
• Charles Henry Holden English architect
• Charles Atangana Cameroonian chief
• Charles Kuralt American TV journalist
• Charles Valentin Alkan, French composer
• Charles Villiers Stanford Irish composer
• Charles Nelson Reilly American actor
• Charles deWolf "Charlie" Gibson American TV journalist
• Charles Stuart "Charlie" Kaufman American film director and writer
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
• Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor Jr American actor
• Charles Peckham "Charlie" Day American actor/comedian
• Charles George "Charlie" Macartney Australian cricketer
• Charles Edward Spearman English psychologist
• Charles Stewart Parnell Irish politician and revolutionary
• Charles Devoe American model
• Charles Conrad "Chad" Lowe American actor and brother of Rob Lowe
• Charles W. Misner American physicist
• Charles Michael "Bucky" Lasek American pro skateboarder
• Charles Albert Gobat Swiss politician and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Charles Babbage English polymath
• Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor former president of Liberia
• Charles "Charlie" Bassett American Western figure
• Charles Doyle "Charlie" Haas II American pro wrestler
• Charles Grodin American actor
• Charles Stewart Howard American owner of racehorse Seabiscuit
• Charles Rocket (born Charles Adams Claverie) American actor/comedian
• Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer U.S. Senator from New York
• Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley U.S. Senator from Iowa
• Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel former U.S. Secretary of Defense
• Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager U.S. Air Force general and test pilot
• Charles A Bassett II American astronaut
• Charles Paul Trippy III Youtube personality "CTFxC," bassist for We The Kings
• Charles Alden Black and Charles Alden Black Jr. husband and son of child star Shirley Temple
• Charles Lee American Revolutionary general
• Charles Stephen "Chad" Paine III American reality TV personality; husband of Erin (Bates) Paine of "Bringing Up Bates"
• Charles Stephen "Carson" Paine IV son of Erin Bates Paine & Chad Paine
• Charles Spencer "Charlie" Crowe son of actor Russell Crowe
• Charles McHugh O'Donnell son of actor Chris O'Donnell
• Charles Max "Charley" Feldman (b. 2016) son of Savannah Guthrie and Mike Feldman
• Charles Leclerc monegasque formula one racing driver
• Charles Elisha Manning (b. 2019) son of American football quarterback Eli Manning
• Charles Osgood (b. 1933) retired American radio & television personality hosted CBS Sunday Morning
• Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 1892) famous Baptist preacher called the "Prince of Preachers"
• Charles Schwab (b. 1937) American investor financial executive, philanthropist
• Charles Martinet (b. 1955) Voice of Mario Wario, Luigi, Waluigi, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario for Nintendo video games

The name Charles in Pop Culture

• Charles "Charlie" Kelly main character from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Charles "Chip" Shreck character in DC Universe
• Charles DiLaurentis Uber A from 'Pretty Little Liars'
• Charles Augustus Milverton (or Magnussen) villain in the 'Sherlock Holmes' series
• Charles Bingley character in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"
• Charles "Chuck" Bass character in the "Gossip Girl" series
• Charles Francis Xavier aka Professor X from Marvel Universe
• Charles Irving "Chuck" Bartowski main character on TV's "Chuck"
• Charles "Trip" Tucker character on TV's "Star Trek: Enterprise"
• Charles "Charlie" Fineman character in movie "Reign Over Me"
• Charles "Chuck" Levine character in movie "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry"
• Charles Lee character in the video game "Assassin's Creed III" (based on a historical Revolutionary War general of the same name)
• Charles "Charlie" Eppes character on TV's "Numb3rs"
• Charles 'Charlie' Weasley character in the Harry Potter series
• Charles Dalimar character in video game Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst series
• Charles Emerson Winchester III character in the TV series "M*A*S*H"
• Charles "Charley" Hardy character in G. A. Henty's, Out on the Pampas
• Charles Macaulay character in Donna Tartt's "The Secret History"
• Charles "Charlie" Bone the protagonist of Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Charles Hamilton character in "Gone with the Wind"
• Charles Blake character on Downton Abbey
• Charles "Chuck" Hansen character in "Pacific Rim"
• Charles Foster Kane character in "Citizen Kane"
• Charles LaRousse Dreyfus character in The Pink Panther film series
• Charles "Chuck" Scolnik character in the TV series "One Tree Hill"
• Charles main character on the TV series "Charles in Charge"
• Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns aka Mr. Burns, character on "The Simpsons"
• Charles Boyle character in the TV series "Brooklyn Nine,Nine"
• Charles Baker "Dill" Harris character in the novel and film "To Kill a Mockingbird"
• Charles Vance character in the TV series Star Trek: Discovery, Fleet Admiral Charles Vance is a 32nd century human
• Charles Wells Character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"
• Charles Gunn character from Joss Whedon's TV series "Angel"

International Variations of the name Charles

• Karel Dutch
• Tearlach Gaelic
• Séarlas Irish Gaelic
• Karol Polish
• Carlos Spanish
• Siarl Welsh
• Carel Polish
• Kaarle Finnish
• Karl German
• Xarles Basque
• Károly Hungarian
• Charlot French
• Carlo Italian
• Carlus Irish