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Meaning of name Charlie

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Meaning

The name Charlie has the following meaning:

One who is manly and strong/a free man. The English term "churl" meaning "serf" derives from the same root. Has been a household favourite ever since the era of the Emperor Charlemagne, and in fact a popular royal name in many European countries, including England.
This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Charlie is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 377 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Charlie rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 32 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 274 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Charlie in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Charlie is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Charles. See other suggested English baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Charles.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Charlie and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Charlie: Boys - Emmet, Everett, Otho, Watt, Wilburn, Girls - Adelaide, Adelia, Adelle, Adline, Alberta, Allar, Arleth, Arminda, Arminta, Berdie, Bernardine, Both genders - Bertha, Emma, Gertrude

Variants

The name Charlie is a variant of Charles. Other popular variants of the name Charles are: Carel (Polish), Carl (Scandinavian), Carlo (Italian), Carlos (Portuguese), Carlus (Irish), Carrol (French), Carroll (German), Caryl, Chad, Charlea, Charlee (German), Charleigh, Charley, Charli (German), Charlie (English), Charlot (French), Charls (German), Charlton, Charly, Chars (German), Chas (English), Chay, Chaz (English), Chazz, Chick, Chip, Cholly, Chuck (English), Kaarle (Finnish), Kale (Hawaiian), Karel (Dutch), Karl (Scandinavian), Karol (Polish), Karoly (Hungarian), Searlas (Irish Gaelic), Siarl (Welsh), Tearlach (Gaelic), Xarles (Basque)

Style

We think the name Charlie should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

See other Everlasting names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Charlie to be: A smart and loyal person

In one word, you might describe Charlie as a(n) "loyal" person.

See other "loyal" names for boys and girls.

Faces of

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Charles for names of some famous persons with the name Charlie or Charles (or their variants).
Christopher (6)
Christian (23)
Caleb (35)
Cameron (39)
Connor (47)
Charles (58)
Cole (71)
Cody (73)
Chase (80)
Carter (97)
Cobby
Caile
Cotey
Carl
Connie
Carrey
Cirbi
Caiden
Craege
Coalbi
Boy names of similar style (Everlasting)

Boy names which give the impression of someone who's 'loyal'

Popular English boy names

Boy names that sound like Charlie
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Chloe (24)
Courtney (102)
Caitlin (128)
Cheyenne (135)
Cassidy (141)
Cassandra (142)
Crystal (158)
Chelsea (176)
Charlotte (178)
Carly (189)
Cassandera
Celicia
Casandra
Charitey
Chandal
Chaylea
Cassity
Charty
Charmein
Celek
Girl names of similar style (Everlasting)

Girl names which give the impression of someone who's 'loyal'

Popular English girl names

Girl names that sound like Charlie
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"C"
"C"
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