- Charlie (given name)
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Charlie Gender unisex Origin Meaning "free man" Charlie is a given name in English-speaking countries, usually a nickname for Charles, which is derived from the Germanic name Karl, meaning "free man" or of a beastly manner.[1] Charlie is a nickname given to Vietnam.
Charlie was the 339th most popular name for boys born in the United States in 2007, the sixth most popular name for boys born in England and Wales in 2007, the 28th most popular name for boys born in Scotland in 2007, the 52nd most popular name for boys born in Ireland in 2007, the 28th most popular name for boys born in New South Wales, Australia in 2007 and the 67th most popular name for boys born in Sweden in 2007.
It is also in occasional use for girls, either as a nickname for Charlotte or Charlene, or on its own. Spelling variants for girls include Charlee, Charli, or Charleigh, Charlye as well as Charley, which is also used for boys. It was the 779th most popular name for American girls born in 2007, while variant spelling Charlee was the 976th most popular name for American girls in 2007. It was among the top 100 names for girls born in England and Wales between 1999 and 2004.[2]
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List of people with the name
- Charlie (actor), Tamil actor
- Charlie Adler, American voice actor and voice director
- Charlie Albright, American classical pianist
- Charlie Brooker (born 1971), British journalist, television presenter, writer
- Charlie Chaplin, British film actor/director/composer
- Charlie Clements, British actor
- Charlie Cook, American journalist
- Charlie Day, American comedian
- Charlie George, football player
- Charlie Haas, wrestler
- Charles Haughey, Irish Taoiseach
- Charlie Laine, adult nude model and pornographic actress
- Charlie Manuel, baseball coach
- Charlie McDermott, American actor
- Charlie McDonnell, British YouTube vlogger
- Charlie Murphy (born 1959), American comedian
- Charlie Parker, influential jazz musician
- Charlie Reid, member of the Proclaimers
- Charlie Reiter, American professional association footballer (Richmond Kickers)
- Charlie Rose, American television interviewer and journalist
- Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), American world champion bantamweight boxer
- Charlie Sheen (born 1965), American actor
- Charlie Stewart, British radio presenter
- Charlie Swan, National Hunt jockey
- Charlie Watts, drummer for The Rolling Stones
- Charlie White (figure skater), American ice dancer, Olympic silver medalist and World silver medalist
- Charles Wiggins, singer, songwriter, and record producer, known by his stage name, Raphael Saadiq
- Charlie (skeleton), Neolithic child discovered at Avebury, in England
- Charlie (pornographic actress), Latin American actress
Fictional characters
- Charlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot for StarKist Tuna
- Charlie (Street Fighter), in the Street Fighter video games
- Charlie Andrews (Heroes), on the television series, Heroes
- Charlie Brown, the lead character in the Peanuts comic strip
- Charlie Bucket, the title character of the novels Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
- Charlie Harper, a character from the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men
- Charlie Chan, a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers
- Charles "Charlie" Eppes, a character from Numb3rs
- Charlie Pace, one of the main characters in the Lost television series
- Charlie Scene, from the band Hollywood Undead
- Charles "Charlie" Townsend, the unseen boss on the television series Charlie's Angels
- Charlie Weasley, a character in the Harry Potter novels
- Charlie Swan, a character in The Twilight Saga
- Charlie McGee, the lead character in Stephen King's Firestarter
- Charlie B. Barkin, the lead character from All Dogs Go to Heaven
- Charlie the Unicorn, a unicorn in a YouTube video in which he goes on adventures that usually end up with two other unicorns hurting him one way or anouther.
- Charlotte Charlie Duncan, the title character of Good Luck Charlie
- Charlie Francis, a secondary character from Fringe
- Charlie Davies, a main character from Outsourced
References
See also
- Charles
- Charles Johnson (disambiguation)
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