Charles

Etymology
From, from , , from , from and also reinfluenced by , from ; compare the English word and the 🇨🇬. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name, granted in honor of of England.

Usage notes
Common given name since the Middle Ages.

Synonyms

 * abbreviation

Related terms

 * diminutives: Charley, Charlie, Chuck, Chucky, Chuckie, Chas, Chaz, Chip
 * variants: Carroll, Cathal
 * feminine forms: Carla, Carly, Carol, Carole, Carolina, Caroline, Callie, Carrie, Charlene, Charlotte
 * alternate derivation paths: Carlo, Carlos, Carl, Karl
 * adjectival forms: Carolean, Caroline

Translations

 * Albanian: Kërl, Karl
 * Arabic: تْشَارْلْز, شَارْل
 * Aragonese: Carlos
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Karl, Carl
 * Dutch:, Charel
 * Esperanto: Karlo
 * Estonian: Kaarel
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: კარლო, ჩარლზი, კარლი, კარლოსი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic: Kaali, Kaarali
 * Hawaiian: Kale
 * Hebrew: צ'ארלס
 * Hindi: चार्ल्स
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Inuktitut: ᑦᓴᕐᓕᔅ
 * Irish: Séarlas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: チャールズ シャルル
 * Korean: ^찰스
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: Kārlis
 * Lithuanian: Karolis
 * Lombard: Carlo, Carlèto
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Korl
 * Macedonian: Чарлс
 * Maltese: Karlu, Karmenu, Karmena
 * Manx: Çhalse
 * Maori: Tāre
 * Marathi: चार्ल्स
 * Norman: Charles, Charlot
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Carol
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Teàrlach
 * Serbo-Croatian: Charles, Карло
 * Sicilian: Carlu, Carru
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: Карл
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: Siarl

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Charles is the 548th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 61,211 individuals. Charles is most common among Black (53.0%) individuals.

Etymology
From, from , from , , from , from and also reinfluenced by , from.

Etymology
From, , from , from.

Etymology
See.

Etymology
or. .

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from English and French