Charlotte (given name)
Charlotte |
Gender |
Female |
Origin |
Word/Name |
French, but with Germanic roots |
Meaning |
"Little, Womanly, Free" |
Other names |
Nickname(s) |
Charlie, Char, Chaz, Lola, Lotta, Lottie, Lotte, Charl, Chacha |
Related names |
Charles |
Charlotte is a female given name, a female form of the male name Charles.
These women are usually identified as Charlotte with an appended title rather than a surname:
- Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany
- Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Charlotte, Princess Royal, later Queen Charlotte of Württemberg
- Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico
- Charlotte of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia, Queen
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ("Queen Charlotte"), the queen consort of George III
- Charlotte of Savoy, wife of Louis XI of France
- Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Cassel (or Hesse-Kassel), Queen of Denmark
- Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Princess of Monaco
- Charlotte Casiraghi, fourth in line to the Monegasque throne after her mother, Caroline, Princess of Hanover
- Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only legitimate child of George IV of the United Kingdom
- Archduchess Charlotte of Austria
- Amber O'Neal, a professional wrestler, who has also performed under the ring name Charlotte
Notable people named Charlotte
- Charlotte Armstrong, American author
- Charlotte Arnold, actress
- Charlotte Brontë, English author (generally recognized for Jane Eyre)
- Charlotte Church, musician
- Charlotte Corday, revolutionary and assassin
- Charlotte Hatherley, English musician
- Charlotte Hawkins Brown, American educator
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American writer and socialist
- Charlotte Rae, actress and comedienne
- Charlotte Rampling, actress
Fictional characters
- Charlotte (Making Fiends), a character in Making Fiends
- Charlotte York Goldenblatt, a main character in Sex and the City played by actress Kristin Davis
- Charlotte Lewis, a secondary character in the now completed ABC show, Lost. She is portrayed by actress Rebecca Mader, whose character's name is derived from literary author C.S. Lewis
- Charlotte, the object of the title character's unrequited love in The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Charlotte, a main character in Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Charlotte, the spider, from Charlotte's Web
- Charlotte Adams, a character in As The Bell Rings, portrayed by Demi Lovato
- Charlotte, a character of the Samurai Shodown video game series by SNK
- Charlotte Charlie Duncan, a character in Good Luck Charlie, portrayed by Mia Talerico
- Charlotte Blacklock, a lead character in A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie, portrayed in the tv series by Ursula Howells.
- Charlotte E. Yeager (Tank Witch), a character from the anime/manga Strike Witches.
- Charlotte Brehaut, a character from Garfeild's unknown 78th book.
- Charlotte Watsford, a character from H20, Just add Water
- Charlotte King, a character in Private Practice.
- Charlotte Mcleod, daughter of Claire Mcleod in the hit australian drama Mcleod's daughters
- Charlotte Charlie Rhodes, a character from Gossip Girl.
- Charlotte Pickles is a character in the cartoon The Rugrats
- Charlotte Usher, main character in Ghostgirl
- Charlotte Lucas, a character from Pride and Prejudice
- Charlotte Doyle, main character in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
- Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff, a character from the movie The Princess and the Frog