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Charlize - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Charlize

[ 2 syll. (c)har-li-ze, ch-arl-ize ] The girl name Charlize is pronounced CH-AARLIYZ- KEY. Charlize is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in English. Derived from the word karl with the meaning 'man, free man'. The name was recently made known by the actress Charlize Theron (1975-), who was named after her father Charles. Charlize is the feminine version of the English and French Charles.

Charlize is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2004, 0.022% of baby girls were named Charlize. It had a ranking of #623 then. In 2008, it ranked at #905 with a usage of 0.015%, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its family.

Baby names that sound like Charlize include the English names Charlsie and Charleesa.

A famous person named Charlize is Charlize Theron, Actress, born 7 August 1975, Benoni, South Africa.

KEY: Pronunciation for Charlize: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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