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Charles

Pronunciation: CHAHRLZ (key)

Origin of the name Charles:

Charles is derived from the Germanic karl (full-grown, a man), which is a cognate of the Old English ceorl (a man, freeman, peasant). It is a royal name, being borne by ten kings of France as well as by kings of Hungary, Naples, Sardinia, and Wüttemberg. It was introduced to Great Britain by Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 87), who bestowed it upon her son, Charles James (1566- 1625). His son and grandson both rules as King Charles, furthering the name's popularity.

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Charlie, Charley, Chuck, Cal, Chas, Chaz, Chuckie, Chip, Chazzer, Char-Lie, Lee, Karch

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Charles Addams, American cartoonist - "Addams Family"
Charles Barkley, American basketball forward
Charles Bukowski, American poet and novelist
Charlie Chaplin, British silent film actor
Charles Darwin, British naturalist
Charles de Gaulle, French statesman
Charles Dickens, English novelist
Charles Eames, American modern architect and furniture designer
Charles, Earl Grey, British Prime Minister, Whig (1830-34)
Charles-Edouard Jeanerret, "Le Corbusier," Swiss modern architect
Chuck Jones, American animator - "Looney Tunes"
Charles Krauthammer, American columnist
Charles Lindbergh, American pilot
Charles Schulz, American cartoonist - "Peanuts"
Charles Schwab, American financier
Charles Windsor, Prince of Wales
Chuck Yeager, American test pilot. barrier.
Charles I and II, two kings of England

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Charles in Charge, American TV sitcom.
Charlie Brown, character from the Peanuts comic strip.
Charles Foster Kane, character from the Orson Welles' film Citizen Kane.
Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen's 'partner' in his ventriloquism act.
Charlie Bucket, title character in Roald Dahl's novel, "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory."
Chuck E Cheese, American pizza chain and mouse mascot.
Charles "Pa" Ingalls, father of author Laura Ingalls Wilder.
"Vera, Chuck and Dave," the three "grandchildren on our knees" mentioned in the Beatles song "When I'm 64"
Charles Bingley, the easily persuaded but very good friend of Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Charles Ryder, protagonist of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
Charles "Chuckie" Finster, toddler on "The Rugrats"
Charles "Chuck" Bass from "Gossip Girl"
Charles Francis Xavier, Professor X of the X-Men (Marvel Comics character)

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