Charles

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See also: charles and charlés

English[edit]

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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. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name King Charles's Island, granted in honor of Charles II of England.

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Charles (countable and uncountable, plural Charleses)

  1. 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, [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.

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Common given name since the Middle Ages.

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  • 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.

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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”).

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Charles

  1. 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.

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Charles m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Charles

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: Charles

Norman[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Charles m

  1. a male given name

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Old French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

See Charlon.

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Charles m

  1. nominative of Charlon

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Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French Charles. Doublet of Carlos.

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Charles m

  1. a male given name

Swedish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Charles c (genitive Charles)

  1. a male given name borrowed from English and French
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