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Charles

OriginFrench from German
Meaning"free man"
GenderBoy

About Charles

Variation of Carl

As of September 2026, Charles ranked #48 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4 in 1883, Nameberry popularity #98.

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Famous Charless

  • 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

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"

Variations & nicknames

  • KarelDutch
  • TearlachGaelic
  • SéarlasIrish Gaelic
  • KarolPolish
  • CarlosSpanish
  • SiarlWelsh
  • CarelPolish
  • KaarleFinnish
  • KarlGerman
  • XarlesBasque
  • KárolyHungarian
  • CharlotFrench
  • CarloItalian
  • CarlusIrish

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