Charlotte (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French, Italian |
| Meaning | "strong and virile", "vigorous" |
| Other names | |
| Nicknames | Charlie, Lotta, Chara, Lottie, Lotte, Carly |
| Related names | Charles, Charlene, Carol, Caroline, Karlotta, Séarlait, Carlota, Carlotta |
Charlotte is a feminine given name. It is a female form of the male name Charles.[1] It is of French or Italian origin, meaning "free man" or "petite". It dates back to at least the 14th century.[citation needed]
Popularity
Charlotte 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]
In 2022, in the United States, the name Charlotte was given to 12,891 girls, ranking it as the third most popular name.[3] It was also the third most popular name given to girls in Canada that year.[4]
Notable people
Royalty
The following women are usually identified as Charlotte with an appended title rather than a surname:
- Charlotte of Belgium (1840–1927), Empress of Mexico
- Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896–1985; r. 1919–1964)
- Charlotte de Bourbon, Duchess of Segovia (1919–1979), second wife of Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia
- Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1921–1989), Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Princess Charlotte (disambiguation), various princesses
- Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015), granddaughter of Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, and only daughter of William, Prince of Wales
- Queen Charlotte (disambiguation), various queens
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), Queen of the United Kingdom
Other people
- Charlotte Adigéry, Belgian musician
- Charlotte Ainslie (1863–1960), Scottish educationalist and headmistress
- Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 1992), British singer; stage name Charli XCX
- Charlotte Armstrong (1905–1969), American author
- Charlotte Arnold (born 1989), Canadian actress
- Charlotte Auerbach (1899–1994), German scientist
- Charlotte Ayanna (born 1976), Puerto Rican-American actress and former Miss Teen USA
- Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805–1873), American missionary
- Charlotte Becker (born 1983), German cyclist
- Charlotte Beers, American businesswoman and former Under Secretary of State
- Charlotte Bellis, New Zealander journalist
- Charlotte Blacklock (1857–1931), British suffragette, given a Hunger Strike Medal
- Charlotte Bolton (born 2003), Canadian para-athlete
- Charlotte Bourette (1714–1784), French poet, playwright and lemonade seller
- Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), English author
- Charlotte Buff (1753–1828), a youthful acquaintance of the poet Goethe born in Wetzlar
- Charlotte Bunch (born 1944), American activist and author
- Charlotte Sophia Burne (1850–1923), author and editor, president of the Folklore Society
- Charlotte Burton (1881–1942), American silent film actress
- Charlotte Caffey (born 1953), American musician
- Charlotte Carew Pole, British political activist
- Charlotte Casiraghi (born 1986), Monégasque socialite and the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
- Charlotte Church (born 1986), Welsh musician
- Charlotte Clarke, Scottish academic
- Charlotte Clasis (1891–1974), French actress
- Charlotte Clements (born 1979), English ice dancer
- Charlotte Clymer (born 1986), American activist
- Charlotte Colbert (born 1987), Franco-British multi-media artist
- Charlotte Coleman (1968-2001), English actress
- Charlotte Coles, British oncologist and professor
- Charlotte Reeve Conover (1855–1940), American author, lecturer, political activist and educator
- Charlotte Corday (1768–1793), French revolutionary and assassin
- Charlotte Cornwell (1949–2021), English actress
- Charlotte "Charlie" Covell (born 1984), British actress and writer
- Charlotte Crivelli (1863-1956), French Australian philanthropist who founded the French Red Cross Society of Victoria
- Charlotte F. Dailey (1842–1914), American editor and exposition official
- Charlotte d'Amboise (born 1964), American actress and dancer
- Charlotte Dawson (1966–2014), New Zealander-Australian television personality
- Charlotte de Sauve (1551–1617), French noblewoman, courtesan and spy
- Charlotte de Witte (born 1992), Belgian DJ and record producer
- Charlotte "Lottie" Dod (1871–1960), English tennis player
- Charlotte Dravet (1936–2025), French paediatric psychiatrist and epileptologist
- Charlotte Dujardin (born 1985), British equestrian and writer
- Charlotte Edwards (born 1979), English cricketer
- Charlotte Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater (1763–1849), British noblewoman and philanthropist
- Charlotte Elliott (1789–1871), English poet and hymnwriter
- Charlotte Famin (born 1973), French wheelchair tennis player
- Charlotte Flair (born 1986), American professional wrestler
- Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), American anti-slavery activist and educator
- Charlotte Frank (born 1959), German architect
- Charlotte Fullerton, American television writer and author
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 1971), British-French actress and singer
- Charlotte Evelyn Gay (1867–1958), English social and temperance reformer
- Charlotte Duncan Smith Graham (1912–1993), American labor organizer
- Charlotte Grant (born 2001), Australian footballer
- Charlotte A. Gray (1844–1912), English educator and temperance leader
- Charlotte E. Gray (1873–1926), American novelist and religious writer
- Charlotte Greenwood (1890–1977), American actress and dancer
- Charlotte Bagge Hansen (born 1969), Danish politician
- Charlotte Harris (born 1981), British painter
- Charlotte Hatherley (born 1979), English musician
- Charlotte Hawkins Brown (1883–1961), American educator
- Charlotte Henshaw (born 1987), British Paralympic swimmer
- Charlotte Hope (born 1991), English actress
- Charlotte Iliffe (1881–1972), British aristocrat, philanthropist and suffragist.
- Charlotte Jackson (born 1978), English television presenter and journalist
- Charlotte A. Jerauld (1820–1845), American poet
- Charlotte Johnson Wahl (1942–2021), British artist and mother of Boris Johnson
- Charlotte Jordan (born 1995), English actress
- Charlotte Kalla (born 1987), Swedish cross-country skier
- Charlotte Kennedy (born 1994), English actress
- Charlotte Lawlor (1878–1941), New Zealander poet, writer and advertising designer
- Charlotte Laws (born 1960), American activist
- Charlotte Lecocq (born 1977), French politician
- Charlotte Lee, founder of Primo Artists
- Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield (1664–1718), illegitimate daughter of Charles II of England raised in Berkshire House
- Charlotte Lennox (c. 1729–1804), English author and poet
- Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond (1768–1842), British aristocrat
- Charlotte Lewis (born 1967), English actress
- Charlotte Martin (born 1976), American musician
- Charlotte Maxeke (1871–1939), South African social and political activist
- Charlotte McConaghy, Australian novelist and screenwriter
- Charlotte McKinney (born 1993), American model and actress
- Charlotte P. Morris, American academic administrator
- Charlotte Nichols (born 1991), British politician
- Charlotte Paston, Countess of Yarmouth (1650–1684), illegitimate daughter of Charles II of England
- Charlotte Payne (born 2002), British hammer thrower
- Charlotte le Pelletier (1778-1855), French musician and composer
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), American writer and socialist
- Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999), French architect and designer
- Charlotte Pistorius (1777–1850), German poet
- Charlotte Plank (Australian singer and songwriter and member of Loud LDN based in England)
- Charlotta (Lotten) von Plomgren (1831–1916), Swedish civil defence activist.
- Charlotte Sally Potter (born 1949), English film director and screenwriter
- Charlotte Prodger (born 1974), British video artist
- Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), American actress and singer
- Charlotte Rampling (born 1946), English actress
- Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911), attorney and teacher; first African-American woman to become a lawyer
- Charlotte Regan (born 1993–1994), British director
- Charlotte Rhead (1885–1947), English ceramics artist
- Charlotte Riley (born 1981), English actress
- Charlotte Roche (born 1978), British-German author and television presenter
- Charlotte Sannom (1846–1923), Danish painter, writer, and missionary
- Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943), German artist
- Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), Canadian artist and illustrator
- Charlotte Scott (1858–1931), British mathematician
- Charlotte Sheffield (1936–2016), American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Charlotte Smith (disambiguation), various people
- Charlotte Stoker (1818-1901), activist and mother of Bram Stoker
- Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany (1753–1789), illegitimate daughter of Charles Edward Stuart born in Liège
- Charlotte De Bernier Taylor (1806–1865), American entomologist
- Charlotte Teske (born 1949), German athlete
- Charlotte Tilbury (born 1973), British make-up artist
- Charlotte Uhlenbroek (born 1967), British zoologist and television presenter
- Charlotte Wahl (1817–1899), Latvian philanthropist
- Charlotte Walker, American actress
- Charlotte Walker (politician) (born 2004), Australian politician
- Charlotte Wassef (1912–1988), Egyptian model who won Miss Egypt in 1934
- Charley Webb (born 1988), English actress
- Lady Charlotte Wellesley (born 1990), British socialite
- Charlotte Fowler Wells (1814–1901), American phrenologist and publisher
- Charlotte Wells (born 1987), Scottish film director
- Charlotte Wessels (born 1987), Dutch singer-songwriter
- Charlotte Frances Wilder (1839–1916), American writer
- Charlotte Seymour Yapp (1879–1934), British nurse
Fictional characters
- Charlotte, a character in 2020 video game Genshin Impact
- Charlotte, main character in the film Lost in Translation
- Charlotte, a character in the TV series Making Fiends
- Charlotte, a character in the Canadian TV series Orphan Black
- Charlotte, main character in the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther
- Charlotte, main character in the 1984 film The Woman in Red
- Charlotte Bailey, Conner and Alex's Bailey mother in The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
- Charlotte Beatrix Marie Rhody Wyndham, a princess from Berserk (manga) by Kentaro Miura
- Charlotte Beaumont, a character in the Australian TV series All Saints
- Charlotte A. Cavatica, a barn spider from the 1952 children's novel Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
- Charlotte Christine de Colde, a character in the Samurai Shodown video game series
- Charlotte Cody, a character from Wonder book by R.J. Palacio and Wonder (film)
- Charlotte Denon, a reporter in Elf
- Charlotte DiLaurentis, a former antagonist in Pretty Little Liars
- Charlotte Doyle, main character in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
- Charlotte "Charlie" Duncan, a character in Good Luck Charlie
- Charlotte "Charlie" Emily, main character in the book Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes (whose spirit shares the same name)
- Charlotte Fairchild, a character in the novel trilogy The Infernal Devices
- Charlotte Gibson, a character in iCarly
- Charlotte Gray, main character in the novel Charlotte Gray
- Charlotte Heywood, main character in the Jane Austen novel Sanditon
- Charlotte Hollis, title character in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Charlotte King, a character in Private Practice
- Charlotte La Bouff, in the 2009 Disney film The Princess and the Frog
- Charlotte Lewis, a secondary character in Lost
- Charlotte Linlin, a character in the Japanese manga One Piece
- Charlotte Lucas, a character in Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice
- Charlotte Makepeace, main character in the novel Charlotte Sometimes, and the song "Charlotte Sometimes"
- Charlotte Morales, a character in the comic book series Spider-Gwen
- Charlotte Pickles, a character in Rugrats
- Charlotte Simmons, main character in I Am Charlotte Simmons
- Charlotte Usher, main character in Ghostgirl
- Charlotte Watsford, a character in H2O: Just Add Water
- Charlotte E. Yeager, a character in the Japanese media franchise Strike Witches
- Charlotte York, a main character in Sex and the City
- Charlotte Sweetly, a character played by Jaime Lyn Beatty in Team StarKid's The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
- Charlotte “Lottie” Matthews, a character played by Courtney Eaton in Yellowjackets
- Charlotte "Charlie" Morningstar, the principal character of the adult animation series Hazbin Hotel of Viviene Medrano.
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Charlotte
- All pages with titles containing Charlotte
- Charlotte (disambiguation)
- Charlotta
- Sharlotte Lucas
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Popular Baby Girl Names in 2022". Baby Names. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 August 2024.