THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Charles
Charles is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Charles. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
English
- /t͡ʃɑɹlz/General-American
- /t͡ʃɑ˞lz/General-American
- /t͡ʃɑːlz/Received-Pronunciation
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
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”).
a male given name from French
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EnglishEtymology & source
From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Frankish and 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.
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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People with the name Charles
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Chad Hugo
American record producer (born 1974)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Charles Borck
Filipino basketball player (1917–2008)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
7
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
7
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Chad Hugo, Charles Borck
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Charles in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Charles
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Charie♀English form: Charie
- Charlene♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Charlie♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Charly♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Achilles♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Charina·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Charing♀Short form of Charie and Charito
- Charisse♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Charles?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Charles
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Charles Emberlu·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Hadrian Charles·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Paul Charles·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Charles further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q2958359 — Charles (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Chad Hugo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2958359 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Charles Borck (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2958359 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Charles (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Charles (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.