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Charlotte (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Related names
  
Charles, Šarlote

Word/name
  
French

Meaning
  
Female diminutive of "Charles", "strong and virile", "vigorous"

Nickname(s)
  
Charlie, Charley, Charli, Charly, Char, Lala, Chaz, Charzie, Chas, Lola, Lotta, Lottie, Lotte, Charl, Chacha, Char-Char, Harley, CeCe, S

Charlotte is a female given name, a female form of the male name Charles. It is of French origin meaning "free man" or "petite". The name dates back to the 18th century, other names for Charlotte are Charlie, Lottie and Carlota and Carlotta.

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These women are usually identified as Charlotte with an appended title rather than a surname:

  • Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
  • Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany
  • Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
  • Charlotte, Princess Royal, later Queen Charlotte of Württemberg
  • Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico
  • Charlotte of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia, Queen
  • Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ("Queen Charlotte"), the queen consort of George III
  • Charlotte of Savoy, wife of Louis XI of France
  • Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Cassel (or Hesse-Kassel), Queen of Denmark
  • Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Princess of Monaco
  • Charlotte Casiraghi, eighth in line to the Monegasque throne after her mother, Caroline, Princess of Hanover
  • Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only legitimate child of George IV of the United Kingdom
  • Archduchess Charlotte of Austria
  • Amber O'Neal, a professional wrestler, who has also performed under the ring name Charlotte
  • Princess Charlotte (disambiguation), several women with the name
  • Queen Charlotte (disambiguation), several women with the name

    • Popularity

    According to Social Security Administration, Charlotte was the 11th most popular girl name in 2013 in the United States. It was the most popular name for girls in Australia in 2013. The same year it was the 21st popular girl name both in England and Wales.

    Notable people named Charlotte

  • Charlotte Aitchison, British singer - Charli XCX
  • Charlotte Armstrong, American author
  • Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
  • Charlotte Becker, German cyclist
  • Charlotte Beers, American businesswoman and former Under Secretary of State
  • Charlotte Brontë, English author (generally recognized for Jane Eyre)
  • Charlotte Bunch, activist and author
  • Charlotte Burton, American silent film actress
  • Charlotte Caffey, musician (formerly of The Go-Go's)
  • Charlotte Church, Welsh musician
  • Charlotte Corday, revolutionary and assassin
  • Charlotte Dawson, Australian television personality
  • Charlotte d'Amboise, Broadway actress and dancer
  • Charlotte de Sauve, noblewoman, mistress and spy
  • Charlotte Dod, English athlete
  • Charlotte Dujardin, dressage rider
  • Charlotte Forten Grimké, anti-slavery activist and educator
  • Charlotte Frank, architect
  • Charlotte Fullerton, TV writer and author
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress and singer
  • Charlotte Harris (artist), painter
  • Charlotte Hatherley, English musician
  • Charlotte Hawkins Brown, American educator
  • Charlotte Jackson, British television presenter and journalist
  • Charlotte Laws, politician, author, TV host, anti-revenge porn activist
  • Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet
  • Charlotte Lewis, English actress
  • Charlotte Martin, American musician
  • Charlotte McKinney, American model
  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American writer and socialist
  • Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer
  • Charlotte Sally Potter, film director and screenwriter (known as Sally Potter)
  • Charlotte Rae, actress and comedian
  • Charlotte Rampling, actress
  • Charlotte E. Ray, attorney and teacher, first African-American woman to become a lawyer
  • Charlotte Rhead, ceramics artist
  • Charlotte Roche, author and television presenter
  • Charlotte Salomon, German artist
  • Charlotte Schreiber, Canadian artist and illustrator
  • Charlotte Scott, British mathematician
  • Charlotte Smith (basketball), basketball player and coach
  • Charlotte Teske, athlete
  • Charlotte Tilbury, make-up artist
  • Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and novelist
  • Charlotte Uhlenbroek, British zoologist and television presenter
  • Charlotte, ring name of American professional wrestler Ashley Fliehr (born 1986)
  • Charley Webb, actress

    • Fictional characters

  • Charlotte DiLaurentis, a former antagonist in Pretty Little Liars
  • Charlotte Gray, Scottish protagonist in the novel Charlotte Gray
  • Charlotte (Making Fiends), a character in Making Fiends
  • Charlotte York Goldenblatt, a main character in Sex and the City played by actress Kristin Davis
  • Charlotte Lewis, a secondary character in the now completed ABC show, Lost. She is portrayed by actress Rebecca Mader.
  • Charlotte A. Cavatica, the spider, from E. B. White's Charlotte's Web
  • Charlotte , a character of the Samurai Shodown video game series by SNK
  • Charlotte "Charlie" Duncan, a character in Good Luck Charlie, portrayed by Mia Talerico
  • Charlotte E. Yeager, a character from the anime/manga Strike Witches
  • Charlotte Watsford, a character from H2O: Just Add Water
  • Charlotte King, a character in Private Practice
  • Charlotte Beaumont, a character in the Australian drama All Saints
  • Charlotte Pickles, a character on Nickelodeon's 1990s animated series Rugrats
  • Charlotte Usher, main character in Ghostgirl
  • Charlotte Doyle, main character in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
  • Charlotte Simmons, main character in I Am Charlotte Simmons
  • Charlotte, main character in the book Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes
  • Charlotte, main character in the film, Lost in Translation, portrayed by Scarlett Johansson
  • Charlotte, main character in the film "Woman in Red", portrayed by Kelly LeBrock

    • References

    Charlotte (given name) Wikipedia
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