Charles

Etymology

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tʃɑɹlz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tʃɑːlz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lz

Proper noun

Charles

1. A male given name.
   • 1599 William Shakespeare, King Henry V, 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. ( Note: Charles turns out to be the villain of this story.)

   • 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 patronymic surname​.

Statistics

• 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.

Anagrams

• Lachers, clasher, larches, raschel

Etymology

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”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl.

Proper noun

Charles

1. a male given name

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Charles m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Charles

Proper noun

Charles m

1. A male given name.

Alternative forms

• Carles
• Karles

Etymology

See Charlon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃar.ləs/

Proper noun

Charles m

1. nominative of Charlon

Proper noun

Charles c (genitive Charles)

1. A male given name borrowed from English and French.