Charlie (given name)
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Charlie is a given name in English-speaking countries, usually a nickname for Charles
, which is derived from the Germanic name Karl, meaning "free man" or of a beastly manner. Charlie is a nickname given to Vietnam.
Charlie was the 339th most popular name for boys born in the United States in 2007, the sixth most popular name for boys born in England
and Wales
in 2007, the 28th most popular name for boys born in Scotland
in 2007, the 52nd most popular name for boys born in Ireland
in 2007, the 28th most popular name for boys born in New South Wales, Australia in 2007 and the 67th most popular name for boys born in Sweden
in 2007.
It is also in occasional use for girls, either as a nickname for Charlotte
or Charlene
, or on its own. Spelling variants for girls include Charlee, Charli, or Charleigh, Charlye as well as Charley, which is also used for boys. It was the 779th most popular name for American girls born in 2007, while variant spelling Charlee was the 976th most popular name for American girls in 2007. It was among the top 100 names for girls born in England and Wales between 1999 and 2004.
Charles
Charles is a given name for males and is borrowed from the French form of the Latin Carolus Charles is a given name for males and is borrowed from the French form of the Latin Carolus...
, which is derived from the Germanic name Karl, meaning "free man" or of a beastly manner. Charlie is a nickname given to Vietnam.
Charlie was the 339th most popular name for boys born in the United States in 2007, the sixth most popular name for boys born in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
in 2007, the 28th most popular name for boys born in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
in 2007, the 52nd most popular name for boys born in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in 2007, the 28th most popular name for boys born in New South Wales, Australia in 2007 and the 67th most popular name for boys born in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
in 2007.
It is also in occasional use for girls, either as a nickname for Charlotte
Charlotte (name)
Charlotte is a female given name, a female form of the male name Charles.These women are usually identified as Charlotte with an appended title rather than a surname:*Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany*Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg...
or Charlene
Charlene (given name)
-Nonfiction:* Charlene, Princess of Monaco , South African swimmer and wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco* Charlene , American R&B singer...
, or on its own. Spelling variants for girls include Charlee, Charli, or Charleigh, Charlye as well as Charley, which is also used for boys. It was the 779th most popular name for American girls born in 2007, while variant spelling Charlee was the 976th most popular name for American girls in 2007. It was among the top 100 names for girls born in England and Wales between 1999 and 2004.
List of people with the name
- Charlie (actor), Tamil actor
- Charlie Adler, American voice actor and voice director
- Charlie AlbrightCharlie AlbrightCharlie Albright is an American-born classical pianist. He is a 2010 Gilmore Young Artist, an official Steinway Artist, and is under management with Young Concert Artists, Inc...
, American classical pianist - Charlie BrookerCharlie BrookerCharlton "Charlie" Brooker is a British journalist, comic writer and broadcaster. His style of humour is savage and profane, with surreal elements and a consistent satirical pessimism...
(born 1971), British journalist, television presenter, writer - Charlie ChaplinCharlie ChaplinSir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
, British film actor/director/composer - Charlie ClementsCharlie ClementsCharlie Clements is an English actor, best known for the role of Bradley Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from January 2006 to February 2010. He has won several soap and magazine awards for his performance.-Biography:...
, British actor - Charlie CookCharlie CookCharlie Cook , originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, is an American political analyst who specializes in election forecasts and political trends. He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He delivers election forecasts and rankings in his own publication, The Cook Political Report,...
, American journalist - Charlie DayCharlie DayCharles Peckham "Charlie" Day is an American television and film actor, from Middletown, Rhode Island, best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia".-Early life:...
, American comedian - Charlie GeorgeCharlie GeorgeCharles Frederick "Charlie" George is an English former footballer. He played as a forward in the Football League and he was also capped by England.-Arsenal:...
, football player - Charlie HaasCharlie HaasCharles "Charlie" Doyle Haas II is an American professional wrestler and former collegiate amateur wrestler. He competes on the independent circuit, and is signed to Ring of Honor , where he is one-half of the reigning ROH World Tag Team Champions with Shelton Benjamin...
, wrestler - Charles HaugheyCharles HaugheyCharles James "Charlie" Haughey was Taoiseach of Ireland, serving three terms in office . He was also the fourth leader of Fianna Fáil...
, Irish Taoiseach - Charlie LaineCharlie LaineCharlie Laine is an American pornographic actress and adult model originally from Marion, Wisconsin.-Biography:Laine dropped out of high school at age 17. She started in the adult industry at age 18 in November 2002. She had moved to Florida and modeled there before moving back to Wisconsin...
, adult nude model and pornographic actress - Charlie ManuelCharlie ManuelCharles Fuqua Manuel, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder and current Major League Baseball manager of the Philadelphia Phillies...
, baseball coach - Charlie McDermottCharlie McDermottCharlie McDermott is an American television and film actor. Since 2004, he has worked on a wide range of television series, including The Office, Private Practice and The Middle. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16....
, American actor - Charlie McDonnellCharlie McDonnellCharles Joseph "Charlie" McDonnell is a British vlogger and musician from Bath, Somerset, England. , his YouTube channel, charlieissocoollike, is the most subscribed in the UK...
, British YouTube vlogger - Charlie MurphyCharlie MurphyCharles Quinton "Charlie" Murphy is an American actor, comedian, and writer notable as being a cast member and writer on the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show...
(born 1959), American comedian - Charlie ParkerCharlie ParkerCharles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....
, influential jazz musician - Charlie Reid, member of the Proclaimers
- Charlie ReiterCharlie ReiterCharles "Charlie" Reiter is an American professional soccer player currently playing for Richmond Kickers in the USL Second Division.-Youth and College:...
, American professional association footballer (Richmond KickersRichmond KickersThe Richmond Kickers are an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the American Division of the USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid...
) - Charlie RoseCharlie RoseCharles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted Charlie Rose, an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993...
, American television interviewer and journalist - Charlie Phil RosenbergCharlie Phil RosenbergCharley Phil Rosenberg was an American boxer. He was World Bantamweight Champion from 1925 to 1927.-Boxing career:...
("Charles Green"), American world champion bantamweight boxer - Charlie SheenCharlie SheenCarlos Irwin Estevez , better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen....
(born 1965), American actor - Charlie StewartCharlie StewartCharlie Stewart is an American actor. He has appeared in many popular TV shows but his role is usually small. Charlie Stewart is most notably known for his role as Bob in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and guest starred on its sequel The Suite Life on Deck in Flowers and Chocolate...
, British radio presenter - Charlie Swan, National Hunt jockey
- Charlie WattsCharlie WattsCharles Robert "Charlie" Watts is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He is also the leader of a jazz band, a record producer, commercial artist, and horse breeder.-Early life:...
, drummer for The Rolling Stones - Charlie White (figure skater)Charlie White (figure skater)Charlie White is an American ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2011 World champion, 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 World silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, two-time Four Continents champion and three-time U.S...
, American ice dancer, Olympic silver medalist and World silver medalist - Charles WigginsRaphael SaadiqRaphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Saadiq has been a standard bearer for "old school" R&B since his early days as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! He also produced songs of such artists as TLC, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, Mary J...
, singer, songwriter, and record producer, known by his stage name, Raphael Saadiq - Charlie (skeleton)Charlie (skeleton)Charlie is a Neolithic skeleton of a three-year-old child found near the ancient stone circle of Avebury. Charlie was excavated from Windmill Hill, Avebury in the 1920s and is currently on display at the Alexander Keiller Museum....
, Neolithic child discovered at Avebury, in England - Charlie (pornographic actress), Latin American actress
Fictional characters
- Charlie the TunaCharlie the TunaCharlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot tuna for StarKist Tuna, was created by Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett Agency after StarKist hired Leo Burnett in 1961. StarKist Tuna is the name of a brand of tuna currently owned by Dongwon Industries....
, the cartoon mascot for StarKist Tuna - Charlie (Street Fighter), in the Street Fighter video games
- Charlie Andrews (Heroes), on the television series, Heroes
- Charlie BrownCharlie BrownCharles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie...
, the lead character in the Peanuts comic strip - Charlie Bucket, the title character of the novels Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
- Charlie HarperCharlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)Charles Francis "Charlie" Harper is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men from seasons 1–8. Played by actor Charlie Sheen, the character has garnered him three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor and two Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in...
, a character from the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men - Charlie ChanCharlie ChanCharlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1919. Loosely based on Honolulu detective Chang Apana, Biggers conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes, such as villains like Fu Manchu...
, a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers - Charles "Charlie" EppesCharlie EppesCharles Edward "Charlie" Eppes, PhD is a fictional character and protagonist in the CBS crime drama Numb3rs.Dr...
, a character from Numb3rs - Charlie PaceCharlie PaceCharlie Hieronymus Pace is a fictional character on ABC's Lost, a television series chronicling the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island...
, one of the main characters in the Lost television series - Charlie Scene, from the band Hollywood UndeadHollywood UndeadHollywood Undead is an American rap rock band from Los Angeles, California. They released their debut album, Swan Songs, on September 2, 2008, and their live CD/DVD Desperate Measures, on November 10, 2009. Their second studio album, American Tragedy, was released April 5, 2011...
- Charles "Charlie" Townsend, the unseen boss on the television series Charlie's Angels
- Charlie Weasley, a character in the Harry Potter novels
- Charlie Swan, a character in The Twilight Saga
- Charlie McGeeCharlie McGeeCharlene Roberta "Charlie" McGee is a fictional character in the book and films, Firestarter and Firestarter 2: Rekindled. She was created by Stephen King. In the first film, she is portrayed by Drew Barrymore...
, the lead character in Stephen King's Firestarter - Charlie B. Barkin, the lead character from All Dogs Go to Heaven
- Charlie the UnicornCharlie the UnicornCharlie the Unicorn is a Flash animated short film and viral video directed, produced, animated, and written by Jason Steele of independent film company FilmCow...
, a unicorn in a YouTube video in which he goes on adventures that usually end up with two other unicorns hurting him one way or anouther. - Charlotte Charlie Duncan, the title character of Good Luck CharlieGood Luck CharlieGood Luck Charlie is an original Disney Channel television sitcom, which premiered April 4, 2010. The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, as opposed to children only...
- Charlie Francis, a secondary character from FringeFringe (TV series)Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
- Charlie Davies, a main character from OutsourcedOutsourced (TV series)Outsourced is an American television sitcom set in an Indian workplace. It was based on the John Jeffcoat film of the same name and adapted by Ken Kwapis and Universal Media Studios for NBC. The series originally ran from September 23, 2010 to May 12, 2011...