Charles

Charles is a male first name.

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The name is Germanic and meant "free man" (it is related to the English word churl). In the Scandinavian languages, the related name/word Karl retains its meaning "man".

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There are a number of feminine forms of the name, such as Caroline, Charlene, Charlotte, and Carla.

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The above names are all popular and this popularity is due to the historical and royal traditions behind Charles, Caroline and Charlotte, in particular.

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Nickname: Charlie, Chuck, Chaz (also Chas), Chucky, Chuckles, Carls.

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Germanic: Germanic may refer to...

Churl: A churl, in its earliest Anglo-Saxon meaning, was simply "a man", but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelt ceorle, and denoting the lowest rank of freemen. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it later came to mean the opposite of the nobility and royalty, "a common...

Scandinavian languages: redirect North Germanic languages...

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