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 [ 2 syll. (c)har-lot-te, ch-arlo-tte ] The girl name Charlotte is pronounced SHAARLahT KEY. Charlotte's origin is Germanic, and its use, French, German, Dutch, English, and Scandinavian. Derived from the word karl with the meaning 'man, free man'. The name was first adopted by English speakers in the 17th century. It became popular over the next two centuries, largely due to Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) the wife of King George III, Goethe's poem Sorrows of Werther (1774) about an attractive lady named Charlotte, and the British novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816-55). In Scotland, the name has been used as an Anglicized form of Teàrlag. Charlotte is the feminine form of the English and French Charles. The name Charlotte is widely used; it has 75 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Carla (also used in German, Italian, Portuguese, and Scandinavian), Carlene, Carletta, Carli, Carlie, Carly, Charlene (also used in French), Charlesetta, Charletta, Charley, Charline (also used in French), Charlita, Charolett, Charolette, Charyl, Cheryl (also used in German), Karla (also used in German, Scandinavian, and Czech), Karletta, Karli, Karlie, Karline, Karly, Lola (also used in Spanish, Hawaiian, and Italian), Loleta, Loletta, Lolita (also used in Spanish), Sari (also used in Hungarian), Sharleen, Sharlene, Sharline, Sharlotta, Sheree, Sheri, Sherisa, Sherissa, Sherri, Sherrie, Sherrill, and Sherry. Other English forms include the short form Char, the pet forms Chara, Charla, Charle, Charlie, Charlsie, Charly, Chattie, Lotta (also used in Scandinavian and ), Lottie (also used in Polish), Lotty, Tottie, and Totty, and the spelling variants Charlet, Charlett, Charlette, Charlott (also used in French, and German), Sharlet, Sharlett, Sharlott, and Sharlotte. Forms of Charlotte used in foreign languages include the Portuguese and Spanish Carlota, the Italian Carlotta, the Dutch and Scandinavian Charlotta, the Scandinavian Chrlotta, the Czech Karlicka, the German and Greek Karlotta, the German Karlotte, the French Lolotte, the German Lottchen, the German Lotti, the Tongan Salote, the Latvian Sarlote, the Hungarian Sarolta, and the Irish Sérlait. The short form Lotte (German) is another foreign variant. Charlotte is a form of the English and French Caroline in the French and German languages. See also the related form, the Scottish Teàrlag. Charlotte is a popular baby girl name, and it is also perceived as trendy. At the height of its usage in 1943, 0.382% of baby girls were named Charlotte. It had a ranking of #47 then. The baby name has seen a drop in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #87 with a usage of 0.176%, experiencing a small resurgence in the recent decade. Within all girl names in its family, Charlotte was the most popular. Charlotte was 3.767% more regularly used than the 2nd most popular name, the English and French Caroline, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Charlotte include the English Sharlet, the English Sharlott, the Hungarian Sarolta, the English Scarlet, the English Scarlett, the English Sharlett, the Latvian Sarlote, the English Scarletta, and the English Sharlotta. Details of famous persons named Charlotte: KEY: Pronunciation for Charlotte: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"   |
