Name: Charles
Gender: Male
Usage: Charles, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Charles are in general originating from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Charles across the world, see Karl.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Charles is: Free man, Manly.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Charles is ranked on the 112th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 4514100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.062% of the population. The name Charles has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Charles for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Charles is 4 November.
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History and Origin
Charles is a masculine given name from the French form Charles of a Germanic name Karl. The original Anglo-Saxon was Ċearl or Ċeorl, as the name of king Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. Grammatically the final [s] is the former subject case of masculine names in Old French like in Giles or James.
The corresponding Old Norse form is Karl, the German form is also Karl. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as Karolus (as in Vita Karoli Magni), later also as Carolus.
English and French: originally from a Germanic word meaning ‘free man’, cognate with Old English ceorl man. (The modern English words churl and churlish are derived from this, and their unpleasant overtones are a much later accretion.) The name originally owed its popularity in Europe to the Frankish leader Charlemagne (?742–814), who in 800 established himself as Holy Roman Emperor. His name (Latin Carolus Magnus) means ‘Charles the Great’. Charles or Karl (the German form) was a common name among Frankish leaders, including Charlemagne's grandfather Charles Martel (688–741). The name was also borne by a succession of Holy Roman Emperors and ten kings of France. It was hardly used at all among the Normans, and was introduced to Britain by Mary Queen of Scots (1542–87), who had been brought up in France. She chose the names Charles James for her son (1566–1625), who later became King James VI of Scotland and, from 1603, James I of England. His son and grandson both reigned as King Charles, and the name thus became established in the 17th century both as a name in the Stuart royal house and as a favoured name among English and Scottish supporters of the monarchy. In the 19th century the popularity of the name was further increased by romanticization of the story of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’, Stuart pretender to the throne in the preceding century and leader of the 1745 rebellion. This popularity continued in the 20th century with the baptism in 1948 of the heir to the British throne as Prince Charles.
In Ireland this name has been used as an Anglicized form of Cearbhall. and sometimes of Cormac; in Scotland it has been used for Teàrlach.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Séarlas. Welsh: Siarl. Italian: Carlo. Spanish, Portuguese: Carlos. German: Karl, Carl. Dutch: Karel. Scandinavian: Karl. Polish: Karol. Czech: Karel. Hungarian: Károly. Finnish: Kaarle.
Pet form: English: Charlie.
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