Charles
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- Given name.name
- Charles
- Given name.variant forms
- Carl, Karl, Carlo, Carlos, Carolus
- Given name.image
- Charlemagne_and_Pope_Adrian_I.jpg
- Given name.caption
- King Charlemagne (742–814) of the Franks
- Given name.gender
- Male
- Given name.meaning
- "Free man"
- Given name.name day
- November 4
- Given name.origin
- French, from Germanic
- Given name.related names
- Caroline, Charlotte, Charlene
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- Etymology
- History
- Early Middle Ages
- Later Middle Ages and Early Modern history
- Modern history
- Derived feminine names
- Regional forms of the name
- List of notable people
- Media, arts and entertainment
- Athletes
- In politics
- In religion
- Saints
- Church leaders
- Nobility
- Scientists
- Other
- Other uses of the name
- <span style="color:black;">See also</span>
- References
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form Charles of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or *karilaz (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was Ċearl or Ċeorl, as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England.
The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as Karolus (as in Vita Karoli Magni), later also as Carolus.
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