Charlotte (given name)
Charlotte is a feminine given name, a female form of the male name Charles.[1] It is of French or Italian origin, meaning "free man" or "petite". The name dates back to at least the 14th century. King Charles II of England had two illegitimate daughters with the name. The second wife of King Louis XI of France was Charlotte of Savoy, and Charlotte de Bourbon-La Marche (1388-1422) was Queen of Cyprus. Other variants of the name and related names include Charlie, Lottie, Lotte, Karlotta, Carlota, and Carlotta.
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French, Italian |
| Meaning | Female diminutive of "Charles", "strong and virile", "vigorous" |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Charlie, Lotta, Lottie, Lotte, Carly |
| Related names | Charles, Carol, Caroline, Karlotta |
Popularity
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charlotte was the 31st most popular girl name in 2013 in the United States.
It was the most popular name for girls in Australia in 2013.[2]
In 2015 it was the 21st popular girl name both in England and Wales, having been a constant presence among the top ten girls' names there since the 1980s.[1]
Notable people
Single name
The following women are usually identified as Charlotte with an appended title rather than a surname:
- Princess Charlotte of Wales (b. 2015)
- Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany (1753–1789)
- Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896–1985)
- Charlotte, Princess Royal, later Queen Charlotte of Württemberg (1766–1828)
- Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico (1840–1927)
- Charlotte of Bourbon, Queen of Cyprus (1388–1422)
- Charlotte of Cyprus, Queen of Jerusalem and Armenia (1444–1487)
- Charlotte FitzRoy, Countess of Yarmouth (1650–1684)
- Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield (1664–1718)
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ("Queen Charlotte"), the queen consort of George III (1744–1818)
- Charlotte of Savoy, wife of Louis XI of France (1441–1483)
- Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage (1700–1761)
- Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), Queen of Denmark (1650–1714)
- Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Tsarevna of Russia (1694–1715)
- Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Princess of Monaco (1898–1977)
- Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque socialite; eleventh in line to the Monégasque throne (b. 1986)
- Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only legitimate child of George IV of the United Kingdom (1796–1817)
- Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1921–1989)
- Amber O'Neal, a professional wrestler, who has also performed under the ring name Charlotte[3] (b. 1974)
- Princess Charlotte (disambiguation), several women with the name
- Queen Charlotte (disambiguation), several women with the name
Other notable people
- Charlotte Ainslie (1863-1960), Scottish educationalist and headmistress
- Charlotte Emma Aitchison, British singer known as Charli XCX
- Charlotte Armstrong, American author
- Charlotte Auerbach, German scientist
- Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
- Charlotte Ayanna (born 1976), Puerto Rican-American actress and former Miss Teen USA
- Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805 – 1873), American missionary
- Charlotte Becker, German cyclist
- Charlotte Beers, American businesswoman and former Under Secretary of State
- Charlotte Bellis, New Zealand journalist
- Charlotte Blacklock (1857–1931), British suffragette, given a Hunger Strike Medal
- Charlotte Brontë, English author (generally recognized for Jane Eyre)
- Charlotte Buff (1753 - 1828), a youthful acquaintance of the poet Goethe
- Charlotte Bunch, activist and author
- Charlotte Burton, American silent film actress
- Charlotte Caffey, musician (formerly of The Go-Go's)
- Charlotte Carew Pole, British political activist
- Charlotte Church, Welsh musician
- Charlotte Clarke, Scottish academic
- Charlotte Colbert, Franco-British multi-media artist
- Charlotte Reeve Conover (1855 - 1940), American author, lecturer, political activist and educator
- Charlotte Corday, revolutionary and assassin
- Charlotte Cornwell, English actress
- Charlotte Covell, British actress, writer and producer (known as Charlie Covell)
- 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 Edwards, former professional cricketer who was captain of the England women's team
- Charlotte Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater (1763–1849), British noblewoman and philanthropist
- Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymnwriter, editor
- Charlotte Famin (born 1973), French wheelchair tennis player
- Charlotte Flair, American professional wrestler, author and actress
- Charlotte Forten Grimké, anti-slavery activist and educator
- Charlotte Frank, architect
- Charlotte Fullerton, TV writer and author
- Charlotte Gainsbourg, English-French actress and singer
- Charlotte Evelyn Gay, English social and temperance reformer
- Charlotte A. Gray, English educator and temperance leader
- Charlotte E. Gray, American author
- Charlotte Greenwood, American actress and dancer
- Charlotte Harris (artist), painter
- Charlotte Hatherley, English musician
- Charlotte Hawkins Brown, American educator
- Charlotte Henshaw, British Paralympic full-time athlete across multiple disciplines
- Charlotte Hope, English actress
- Charlotte Jackson, British television presenter and journalist
- Charlotte Johnson Wahl, British artist and mother of Boris Johnson, Jo Johnson, and Rachel Johnson
- Charlotte Ann Fillebrown Jerauld, American poet, story writer
- Charlotte Jordan, English actress
- Charlotte Kalla, Swedish cross-country skier
- Charlotte Lawlor (1878 - 1941), New Zealand poet, writer and advertising designer
- Charlotte Laws, politician, author, TV host, anti-revenge porn activist
- Charlotte Lecocq (born 1977), French politician
- Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet
- Charlotte Lewis, English actress
- Charlotte Martin, American musician
- Charlotte Maxeke (1871-1939), South African social and political activist
- Charlotte McKinney, American model and actress
- Charlotte P. Morris, American academic administrator
- Charlotte Nichols, British Labour politician
- Charlotte Payne (born 2002), British hammer thrower
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American writer and socialist
- Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer
- Charlotte Pistorius (1777 – 1850), German poet
- Charlotte Sally Potter, film director and screenwriter (known as Sally Potter)
- Charlotte Prodger (born 1974), British video artist
- Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer
- Charlotte Rampling, English actress
- Charlotte E. Ray, attorney and teacher, first African-American woman to become a lawyer
- Charlotte Regan, British director of 2023 film Scrapper
- 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 Sheffield (1936-2016), American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Charlotte Smith (basketball), basketball player and coach
- Charlotte De Bernier Taylor, American entomologist
- Charlotte Teske, athlete
- Charlotte Tilbury, make-up artist
- Charlotte Smith (writer), English poet and novelist
- Charlotte Uhlenbroek, British zoologist and television presenter
- Charlotte Wahl, Latvian philanthropist
- Charley Webb, actress
- Lady Charlotte Wellesley, British socialite
- Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist, publisher
- Charlotte Wells, 21st-century Scottish film director
- Charlotte Frances Wilder, American writer
- Charlotte Wessels, Dutch singer-songwriter
- Charlotte de Witte, Belgian DJ and record producer
Fictional characters
- Charlotte Heywood, main character in the Jane Austen novel Sanditon
- Charlotte DiLaurentis, a former antagonist in Pretty Little Liars
- Charlotte Fairchild, a character in The Infernal Devices, part of The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
- 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, portrayed by Rebecca Mader.
- Charlotte A. Cavatica, the spider, from E. B. White's Charlotte's Web and film adaptations
- Charlotte Christine de Colde, a character of the Samurai Shodown video game series by SNK
- Charlotte "Charlie" Duncan, a character on Disney Channel's 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 television drama All Saints
- Charlotte Pickles, a character on Nickelodeon's 1990s animated series Rugrats, voiced by Tress MacNeille
- 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 "Charlie" Emily, main character in the book Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes
- Charlotte, main character in the book The Sorrows of Young Werther
- Charlotte, main character in the film Lost in Translation, portrayed by Scarlett Johansson
- Charlotte, main character in the film The Woman in Red, portrayed by Kelly LeBrock
- Charlotte Makepeace, main character in "Charlotte Sometimes (novel)" by Penelope Farmer, and the song Charlotte Sometimes (song) by the British Rock band The Cure.
- Charlotte Gibson, Gibby's mother in iCarly
- Charlotte, a character in Orphan Black portrayed by Cynthia Galant
- Charlotte "Charlie" Magne, the protagonist of Hazbin Hotel
- Charlotte Morales, a character in the comic book series Spider-Gwen
- Charlotte Linlin, a character from the anime and manga One Piece
- Charlotte the Penguin from the Penguin and Kiwi episode of Jim Henson's Animal Show
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Charlotte
- All pages with titles containing Charlotte
- Charlotte (disambiguation)
- Charlotta
- Sharlotte Lucas
References
- "Royal baby: Queen meets great-granddaughter". BBC. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- Gerretsen, Jasper (29 September 2009). "That Was Then, Is This Too? 09.29.09: Wrestlicious, Baby!". 411Mania. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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