THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Charlotte
Charlotte is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Charlotte.
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.
Tagalog
- /ˈʃaɾlot/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈʃaɾ.lot̪̚]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈsjaɾlot/no palatal assimilation
- [ˈsjaɾ.lot̪̚]no palatal assimilation
Char · lotte2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗English
- /ˈʃɑː.lət/General-South-African · Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɑɹ.lət/General-American
- /ˈʃaː.lət/Australia · Boston · New-Zealand
- /ˈʃaɹ.lət/Ireland · Scotland
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Charlotte.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Charlotte (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Charlotte.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Charlotte (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
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.
A female given name from French.
Wiktionary: Charlotte (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Charlotte
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
Charlotte M. Chiong
Filipino otolaryngologist
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
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Charlotte M. Chiong
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Charlotte 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 →
Similar names to Charlotte
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
- Charlene♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Charlie♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Charlito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Charlston·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Chalita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Charie♀English form: Charie
- Charisse♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Charita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Charlotte?
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.
Explore Charlotte further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q264002 — Charlotte (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Charlotte M. Chiong (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q264002 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Charlotte (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Charlotte (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Charlotte (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.