This article is about the given name. For the family name, see Charles (surname). For other uses, see Charles (disambiguation).
Charles
King Charlemagne (742–814) of the Franks
Pronunciation
/tʃɑːrlz/ French:[ʃaʁl]
Gender
Male
Name day
November 4
Origin
Word/name
French, from Germanic
Meaning
Free man
Other names
Variant form(s)
Carl, Karl, Carlo, Carlos, Carolus
Related names
Feminine: Caroline, Charlotte, Charlene
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries.[1] It is from the French form Charles of the Proto-Germanic name ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (in runic alphabet) or *karilaz (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was Ċearl or Ċeorl, as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England.
The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as Karolus (as in Vita Karoli Magni), later also as Carolus.
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