as a First Name
(French) feminine diminutive of Charles, used in England since the 17th century. It was particulary popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, in part due to the influence of firstly Queen Charlotte (1744–1818), wife of George III, and secondly the novelist Charlotte Brontë (1816–55); it has again come to prominence since the 1980s, especially in England and Australia.
| 286th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Charlott, Charlette, Charlot, Charletta, Charlotta, Charlet, Charolette, Charlita, Charlett, Charletha
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 215,794
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 261,453
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Charlotte per capita
- 1943
- marked the height of its popularity
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23%
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6%
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19%
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