Charlotte
Where Charlotte comes from
From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
- French
- 2 syllables
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1816Charlotte Brontë bornBritish novelist and poet
- 1880First SSA yearAlready #91 among girls — 237 babies in the first year on record.
- 1946Charlotte Rampling bornBritish actress
- 2025Peak, #213,400 babies named Charlotte — more than any year before or since.
- 2025The comebackBack to #2 after sinking to #308 in 1982.
In the dictionary
- A female given name from French.
Namesakes
- Charlotte Brontë · British novelist and poet, 1816–1855
- Charlotte Rampling · British actress, born 1946
- Charlotte Gainsbourg · French and British actress and singer, born 1971
- Charlotte Perrelli · Swedish singer, born 1974
- Charlotte Corday · figure of the French Revolution, 1768–1793
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.