Charles
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /tʃɑɹlz/, /tʃɑ˞lz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tʃɑːlz/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lz
Proper noun[edit]
Charles (countable and uncountable, plural Charleses)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 1599, 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 606515358, [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?"
- A patronymic surname, from given names.
- A hamlet in East and West Buckland parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
- A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
Usage notes[edit]
Common given name since the Middle Ages.
Synonyms[edit]
- Chas. (abbreviation)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- diminutives: Charley, Charlie, Chuck, Chucky, 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
Translations[edit]
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Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Charles is the 548th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 61,211 individuals. Charles is most common among Black (53.0%) individuals.
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Proper noun[edit]
Charles
- a male given name from French
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Charles.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Charles m
- A male given name, equivalent to English Charles
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: Charles
Norman[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Charles m
- A male given name.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See Charlon.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Charles m
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French Charles. Doublet of Carlos.
Proper noun[edit]
Charles m
- A male given name
Swedish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Charles c (genitive Charles)
- A male given name borrowed from English and French.
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Old High German
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)lz
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)lz/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English countable proper nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Germanic languages
- English terms with quotations
- English surnames
- English surnames from given names
- en:Villages in Devon, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Devon, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Neighborhoods in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Places in Providence
- en:Places in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from French
- Cebuano terms derived from Old French
- Cebuano terms derived from Latin
- Cebuano terms derived from Old High German
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano male given names
- Cebuano male given names from French
- Cebuano male given names from English
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Germanic languages
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French given names
- French male given names
- French terms inherited from Latin nominatives
- Norman lemmas
- Norman proper nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Norman given names
- Norman male given names
- Old French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old French non-lemma forms
- Old French proper noun forms
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names