What is the meaning of the name Charles?

The meaning of the name Charles is "free man". The origin of the name is "German". The name Charles is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Charles

\ch(ar)-les\

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Charles is a really popular first name for boys (#8) and also really popular as a last name (#537). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Charles.

How popular is the name Charles?

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The year 1947 was for Charles a very good year. In that year there were 40772 births with the name Charles. Find out if Charles is in the top 100 boys names 1947 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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