Charlie (given name)
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| Gender | unisex |
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| Meaning | "free man" |
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Charlie is a given name in English-speaking countries, usually a nickname for Charles.
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.[1]
List of people with the name
- Charlie (actor), Tamil actor
- Charlie Adler, American voice actor and voice director
- Charlie Albright, American classical pianist
- Charlie Austin, English footballer
- Charlie Blackmon, American baseball player
- Charlie Brooker (born 1971), British journalist, television presenter, writer
- Charlie Bergmann, Engineer, Comedian, Dog Handler, Professional Beard and Moustache Cultivator
- 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 Jackson (American football coach) (born 1976), American football coach
- Charlie Jackson (defensive back), American football player
- Charles King (disambiguation), multiple people
- Charlie Laine, adult nude model and pornographic actress
- Charlie Manuel, baseball coach
- Charlie McCoy, (1941–), US musician
- Charlie McDermott, American actor
- Charlie McDonnell, British YouTube vlogger
- Charlie Mills, German harness racing driver and trainer
- Charlie Murphy (born 1959), American comedian
- Charlie Parker, influential jazz musician
- Charlie Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
- 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 Simpson British Singer
- 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, a popular Filipino play made by PAREF Southridge School involving a child named Charlie who looks for his mother. This play has received multiple acclaims throughout the country for its excellence.
Fictional characters
- Charlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot for StarKist Tuna
- Charlie (Street Fighter), in the Street Fighter video games
- Charlie (The Simpsons), on the television series The Simpsons
- 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 Dalton, a character from the movie Dead Poets Society
- Charlie Harper, a character from the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men
- Charlie Frost, a character from the 1998 film Jack Frost
- 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
- Charlie Calvin, a character from The Santa Clause trilogy
- 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 Baker, a character in the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel
- Charlie B. Barkin, the lead character from the 1989 Don Bluth film 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 another.
- Charlotte Charlie Duncan, the title character of Good Luck Charlie
- Charlie Francis, a secondary character from Fringe
- Charlie Davies, a main character from Outsourced
- Charlie (just Charlie), The perks of being a wallflower
- Charles DiLaurentis, a main antagonist from Pretty Little Liars
References
See also
- Charles
- Charles Johnson (disambiguation)