Charles

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Given name.name: Charles
Given name.variant forms: Carl, Karl, Carlo, Carlos, Carolus
Given name.image: Charlemagne_and_Pope_Adrian_I.jpg
Given name.caption: King Charlemagne (742–814) of the Franks
Given name.gender: Male
Given name.meaning: "Free man"
Given name.name day: November 4
Given name.origin: French, from Germanic
Given name.related names: Caroline, Charlotte, Charlene

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Soundex: C642
Cologne phonetics: 4758
Caverphone: KLS111
native label: Charles
Commons category: Charles (given name)
IPA transcription: ʃaʁl
nickname: Chuck
short name: Chas.

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Etymology
History
Early Middle Ages
Later Middle Ages and Early Modern history
Modern history
Derived feminine names
Regional forms of the name
List of notable people
Media, arts and entertainment
Athletes
In politics
In religion
Saints
Church leaders
Nobility
Scientists
Other
Other uses of the name
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form Charles of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or *karilaz (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was Ċearl or Ċeorl, as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England.

The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as Karolus (as in Vita Karoli Magni), later also as Carolus.