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%.

NAME MATCH:

Charles 62 ... man, free man ... boy name Charles is pronounced as CHAARLZ or ... is an original form of Charles ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abel 344 ... breath, vapor; son ... and Abel Magwitch in Charles Dickens' novel Great ...

Alfred 742 ... inspired advice; old ... name appeared in the Charles Dickens novel Pickwick ...

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

Bradley 194 ... broad clearing ... of Bradley Headstone in Charles Dicken's last novel Our ...

Bronson ... son of Brown, son of ... promoted by the actor Charles Bronson (1921-2003) and ...

Byron 523 ... at the cow sheds ... reward for supporting Charles I in the Civil War. ...

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

Chauncey ... chance ... College president Charles Chauncey (1592-1672) ...

Darwin 812 ... dear friend ... the famous naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882). ...

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

Gordon 989 ... great hill ... of the British general Charles George Gordon ...

Jarvis 901 ... of a character in the Charles Dicken novel A Tale of ...

Leland 316 ... fallow land ... known from the humorist Charles Godfrey Leland (1824 ? ...

Linus ... blond, flaxen-haired ... security blanket in the Charles Schulz comic strip ...

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

Nicholas 20 ... victory of the people ... lead character of the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas ...

Sidney 840 ... wide island, wide meadow ... of the monarchy of King Charles II ...

Titus 500 ... honored ... conspiracy against Charles II. ...

Uriah ... God is light ... Uriah Heep in the Charles Dickens novel David ...