Charlotte

Charlotte: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “free man”
Origin: French
Say it: SHAR-luht · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

French feminine diminutive of Charles, from Germanic Karl. The feminine form keeps the inherited meaning of the base name.

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How popular is Charlotte?

20243,775 per million US babies

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Babies named Charlotte in 202412,564

2024 rank#4 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 1880440,706

Charlotte is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Charlotte

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Charlesfree man · Germanic
Carolinefree woman · French
Charleyfree man · English
Lottiefree man · English
Carlofree man · Germanic
Charlenefree woman · Germanic
GiancarloGod is gracious and manly · Italian
Karolinefree woman · Germanic

Charlotte questions

What does the name Charlotte mean?

Charlotte means "free man". It comes from French. French feminine diminutive of Charles, from Germanic Karl. The feminine form keeps the inherited meaning of the base name.

Is Charlotte a boy or girl name?

Charlotte is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Charlotte?

12,564 US babies were named Charlotte in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Charlotte?

Charlotte is usually pronounced SHAR-luht.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.