Charles
English edit
Etymology edit
From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name King Charles's Island, granted in honor of Charles II of England.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑɹlz/, /t͡ʃɑ˞lz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːlz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lz
Proper noun edit
Charles (countable and uncountable, plural Charleses)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Charles the Great / Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French / Beyond the river Sala, in the year / Eight hundred five.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, Thou Art the Man:
- […] there never was any person named Charles who was not an open, manly, honest, good-natured, and frank-hearted fellow, with a rich, clear, voice, that did you good to hear it, and an eye that looked at you always straight at the face, as much as to say: "I have a clear conscience myself, am afraid of no man, and am altogether above doing a mean action." And thus all the hearty, careless, 'walking gentlemen' of the stage are very certain to be called Charles.
- 1988, Ed McBain, The House That Jack Built, page 212:
- […] spoke the way the English do, funny, you know? His name was Roger, I think. Or Nigel. Something like that." "How about Charles?" "Charles? Well, yes, it could have been.Charles does sound English, doesn't it? Their prince is named Charles, isn't he?"
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A hamlet in East and West Buckland parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
- A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
- Synonym of Floreana, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.
Usage notes edit
Common given name since the Middle Ages.
Synonyms edit
- Chas. (abbreviation)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- diminutives: Charley, Charlie, Chuck, Chucky, Chuckie, Chas, Chaz, Chip
- variants: Carroll, Cathal
- feminine forms: Carla, Carly, Carol, Carole, Carolina, Caroline, Callie, Carrie, Charlene, Charlotte
- alternate derivation paths: Carlo, Carlos, Carl, Karl
- adjectival forms: Carolean, Caroline
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Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Charles is the 548th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 61,211 individuals. Charles is most common among Black (53.0%) individuals.
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Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English Charles, from French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“free man”).
Proper noun edit
Charles
- a male given name from French
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Charles.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Charles m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Charles
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Proper noun edit
Charles m
- a male given name
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Etymology edit
See Charlon.
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Charles m
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French Charles or English Charles. Doublet of Carlos.
Pronunciation edit
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Charles m
- a male given name
Swedish edit
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Audio: (file)
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Charles c (genitive Charles)
- a male given name borrowed from English and French
- English terms derived from French
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- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)lz
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)lz/1 syllable
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- en:Villages in Devon, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Devon, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Neighborhoods in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Places in Providence
- en:Places in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Islands
- en:Places in Ecuador
- Cebuano terms derived from English
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