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Charles Names for Boys

There are 21 Charles names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Charles names 1 to 20. Nicholas was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English and French, and it was followed in popularity by the English and French Charles, the English Bradley, Leland, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the English, German, and Romanian Titus, the English Byron, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, the English Darwin, Sidney, Jarvis, and the English and Scottish name, Gordon. The unusual Charles names are Amyas (English), Bronson (English), Cearbhall (Irish), Chauncey (English), Ebenezer (English), Linus (English and German), Magnus (English, German, and Scandinavian), and Uriah (Hebrew).

Charles names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1928, 3.988% of baby boys were given Charles names. There were 12 Charles names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Charles names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and are used on a moderate scale now. In 2007, 13 Charles names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.362%. Within all Charles names, the English and French Nicholas was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #20 and a usage of 0.6482%.

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NAME MATCH:

Charles Popularity Trend of Charles
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 62 62 ... man, free man ... boy name Charles is pronounced as CHAARLZ or ... is an original form of Charles ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 344 344 ... breath, vapor; son ... and Abel Magwitch in Charles Dickens' novel Great ...

Alfred Popularity Trend of Alfred
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 742 742 ... inspired advice; old ... name appeared in the Charles Dickens novel Pickwick ...

Amyas ... friendship; beloved ... historical novel by Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho! ...

Bradley Popularity Trend of Bradley
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 194 194 ... broad clearing ... of Bradley Headstone in Charles Dicken's last novel Our ...

Bronson Popularity Trend of Bronson
from 1900 to 2007. ... son of Brown, son of ... promoted by the actor Charles Bronson (1921-2003) and ...

Byron Popularity Trend of Byron
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 523 523 ... at the cow sheds ... reward for supporting Charles I in the Civil War. ...

Cearbhall ... hacking ...Anglicized forms include Carroll and Charles. ...

Chauncey Popularity Trend of Chauncey
from 1900 to 2007. ... chance ... College president Charles Chauncey (1592-1672) ...

Darwin Popularity Trend of Darwin
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 812 812 ... dear friend ... the famous naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882). ...

Ebenezer ... stone of help ... Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novella A ...

Gordon Popularity Trend of Gordon
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 989 989 ... great hill ... of the British general Charles George Gordon ...

Jarvis Popularity Trend of Jarvis
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 901 901 ... of a character in the Charles Dicken novel A Tale of ...

Leland Popularity Trend of Leland
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 316 316 ... fallow land ... known from the humorist Charles Godfrey Leland (1824 ? ...

Linus Popularity Trend of Linus
from 1900 to 2007. ... blond, flaxen-haired ... security blanket in the Charles Schulz comic strip ...

Magnus ... great ... as Carolus Magnus, or 'Charles the Great' ...

Nicholas Popularity Trend of Nicholas
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 20 20 ... victory of the people ... lead character of the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas ...

Sidney Popularity Trend of Sidney
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 840 840 ... wide island, wide meadow ... of the monarchy of King Charles II ...

Titus Popularity Trend of Titus
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 500 500 ... honored ... conspiracy against Charles II. ...

Uriah Popularity Trend of Uriah
from 1900 to 2007. ... God is light ... Uriah Heep in the Charles Dickens novel David ...



Popularity Trend
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for Charles Names
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