Charles

From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name King Charles's Island, granted in honor of Charles II of England.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑɹlz/, /t͡ʃɑ˞lz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːlz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lz

Charles (countable and uncountable, plural Charleses)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Charles the Great / Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French / Beyond the river Sala, in the year / Eight hundred five.

   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, Thou Art the Man:

     […] there never was any person named Charles who was not an open, manly, honest, good-natured, and frank-hearted fellow, with a rich, clear, voice, that did you good to hear it, and an eye that looked at you always straight at the face, as much as to say: "I have a clear conscience myself, am afraid of no man, and am altogether above doing a mean action." And thus all the hearty, careless, 'walking gentlemen' of the stage are very certain to be called Charles.

   • 1988, Ed McBain, The House That Jack Built, page 212:

     […] spoke the way the English do, funny, you know? His name was Roger, I think. Or Nigel. Something like that." "How about Charles?" "Charles? Well, yes, it could have been.Charles does sound English, doesn't it? Their prince is named Charles, isn't he?"

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A hamlet in East and West Buckland parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
4. A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
5. Synonym of Floreana, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.

Common given name since the Middle Ages.

• Chas. (abbreviation)

• diminutives: Charley, Charlie, Chuck, Chucky, Chuckie, Chas, Chaz, Chip
• variants: Carroll, Cathal
• feminine forms: Carla, Carly, Carol, Carole, Carolina, Caroline, Callie, Carrie, Charlene, Charlotte
• alternate derivation paths: Carlo, Carlos, Carl, Karl
• adjectival forms: Carolean, Caroline

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Charles is the 548^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 61,211 individuals. Charles is most common among Black (53.0%) individuals.

• Lachers, clasher, larches, raschel

From English Charles, from French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“free man”).

Charles

1. a male given name from French

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Charles.

From Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁl/

Charles m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Charles

• Charlemagne
• tu parles, Charles

• → English: Charles
• → Russian: Шарль (Šarlʹ)
• → Chinese: 夏爾／夏尔 (Xià'ěr)

Charles m

1. a male given name

• Charlot

• Tchèrli

• Carles
• Karles

See Charlon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾləs/

Charles m

1. nominative of Charlon

• English: Charles
• French: Charles

Unadapted borrowing from French Charles or English Charles. Doublet of Carlos.

Charles m

1. a male given name

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Charles c (genitive Charles)

1. a male given name borrowed from English and French