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Charles Names for Boys

There are 29 Charles names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Charles names 1 to 20. David was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and French Charles, the English and German Edwin, the English, French, and German Edgar, the English Bradley, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the English Byron, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, the English Darwin, the English and Scottish Gordon, and the English name, Bronson. The unusual Charles names are Amyas (English), Bob (English), Carlton (English), Cearbhall (Irish), Chauncey (English), Ebenezer (English), Ephraim (English, German, and Hebrew), Erasmus (German), and Jarvis (English).

Charles names are popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1955, 6.844% of baby boys were given Charles names. There were 18 Charles names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Charles names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a heavy scale now. In 2008, 17 Charles names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.243%. Within all Charles names, the Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish David was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #14 and a usage of 0.7467%.

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NAME MATCH:

Charles Popularity Trend of Charles
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 63 63 man, free man ... boy name Charles is pronounced as CHAARLZ or ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 360 360 breath, vapor; son ... and Abel Magwitch in Charles Dickens' novel Great ...

Alfred Popularity Trend of Alfred
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 787 787 inspired advice; old ... has appeared in the Charles Dickens novel Pickwick ...

Amyas friendship; beloved ... Sir Amyas Leigh in Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho! ...

Bob Popularity Trend of Bob
from 1900 to 2008. bright famous one; famously famous ... and Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens' A Christmas ...

Bradley Popularity Trend of Bradley
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 201 201 broad clearing ... of Bradley Headstone in Charles Dicken's last novel Our ...

Bronson Popularity Trend of Bronson
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 987 987 son of Brown, son of ... promoted by the actor Charles Bronson (1921-2003) and ...

Byron Popularity Trend of Byron
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 451 451 at the cow sheds ... reward for supporting Charles I in the Civil War. ...

Carlton Popularity Trend of Carlton
from 1900 to 2008. settlement of free men, peasant settlement; man, free man ... to that of the name Charles ...

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

Chauncey Popularity Trend of Chauncey
from 1900 to 2008. chance ... College president Charles Chauncey (1592-1672) ...

Darwin Popularity Trend of Darwin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 788 788 dear friend ... from the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882). ...

David Popularity Trend of David
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 14 14 beloved, favorite, darling, friend ... is most famous from the Charles Dickens ...

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

Edgar Popularity Trend of Edgar
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 193 193 wealthy spear, owner ... American novelists Charles Brockden Brown ...

Edwin Popularity Trend of Edwin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 175 175 rich friend, friend ... central characters of Charles Dickens' last novel The ...

Ephraim Popularity Trend of Ephraim
from 1900 to 2008. fruitful ... (1766) and the Charles Dickens novel Little ...

Erasmus beloved, desired ... the grandfather of Charles Darwin ...

Gordon Popularity Trend of Gordon
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 946 946 great hill ... of the British general Charles George Gordon ...

Jarvis Popularity Trend of Jarvis
from 1900 to 2008. spear ... of a character in the Charles Dicken novel A Tale of ...


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