Charlene (given name)

Charlene

Pronunciation	/tʃɑːrˈliːn,ʃɑːrˈliːn/ char-LEEN, shar-LEEN
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	French, from Germanic
Meaning	Free Woman, Free Spirit, Free Thinker
Other names
Variant forms	Charley, Charlie, Charline, Charlyne, Carla, Charleen, Sharlene, Sharleen
Related names	Charlotte, Carla, Carol, Caroline

Charlene, also spelled Charleen and Charlyne, is a feminine given name, a feminine form of Charles coined in the United States in the nineteenth century; from French Charles , from Old French Charles & Carles, from the Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from the Proto-Germanic *karlaz (lit. "Free Man"/"Free Spirit"/Free Thinker); compare the Old English word churl and the Old German Kerl.

People

• Charlene, Princess of Monaco (née Wittstock, born 1978), South African swimmer and wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• Charlene Almarvez (born 1993), Filipina fashion model from Laguna
• Charlene Attard (born 1987), track and field sprint athlete
• Charleen Badman, American chef and restaurateur
• Charlene Barshefsky (born 1950), United States Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001
• Charlyne Brumskine, Liberian politician
• Charlene Carr, Canadian writer
• Charlene Carruthers, American activist and author
• Charlene Choi (born 1982), Chinese actress and singer
• Charlie Collins, Australian musician, born Charlene Joyce Bailey
• Charlene Corley, former defense contractor who was convicted in 2007 on two counts of conspiracy
• Charlene Cothran, publisher of Venus and Kitchen Table News magazines
• Charleen Cha Cruz-Behag (born 1988), Filipino volleyball player
• Charlene D'Angelo (born 1950), American R&B singer best known as simply "Charlene"
• Charlene Dallas, Miss California for 1966
• Charlene Dash, African-American model
• Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (born 1954), owner of a controlling interest in the world's third-largest brewer, Heineken International
• Charlene Downes (born 1989), British missing person
• Charlene Drew Jarvis (born 1941), American educator and former scientific researcher and politician
• Charlene Dukes, American academic administrator
• Charlene Fernetz (born 1960), Canadian actress
• Charlene Gonzales (born 1976), television and film personality and former beauty queen from the Philippines
• Charlène Guignard (born 1989), French-Italian ice dancer, representing Italy
• Charlene Honeywell (born 1957), United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• Charlene James, British playwright and screenwriter
• Charlene Johnson, Canadian politician
• Charlene Lima (born 1953), American politician
• Charlene Marshall (born 1933), Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
• Charlene McKenna (born 1985), award-winning Irish actress
• Charlene Mitchell (1930–2022), African American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist
• Charlene Morett (born 1957), former field hockey player from the United States
• Charlene P. Kammerer (born 1948), Bishop in the United Methodist Church
• Charlene Pesquiera, Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Arizona
• Charlene Pryer (1921–1999), female utility in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• Charlene Rendina (born 1947), retired Australian runner
• Charlene Rink (born 1972), former professional fitness competitor and competitive female bodybuilder
• Charlene Leonora Smith, South-African journalist
• Charlene Soraia (born 1988), English singer
• Charlene Spretnak (born 1946), author, academic and feminist
• Charlene Strong (born 1963), American gay rights activist
• Charlene Teters (born 1952), American artist, educator, and lecturer
• Charlene Thomas (born 1982), English middle distance runner
• Charlene Thomas-Swinson, American basketball coach
• Charlene Tilton (born 1958), American actress best known for playing Lucy Ewing Cooper on Dallas
• Charlene White (born 1980), British journalist and newsreader
• Charlene Wong (born 1966), Canadian figure skater
• Charlyne Yi (born 1986), American actress
• Charlene Zettel, member of the California State Assembly from 1999 until 2003

Fictional characters

• Charlene "Chugs" Bradley, a character from 2009 slasher film Sorority Row.
• Charlene Doofenshmirtz, the wife of Dr. Doofenshmirtz in the Disney television series Phineas and Ferb
• Charlene Matlock, in the television show Matlock, played by Linda Purl
• Charlene Robinson, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kylie Minogue
• Charlene Frazier Stillfield, in the television series Designing Women, played by Jean Smart
• Charlene "Charley" Davidson, one of the main supporting characters in the Biker Mice from Mars franchise
• Charlene Sinclair, in the television series Dinosaurs
• Charlene Turner, a female main character from the novel book series Kingdom Keepers.
• Charlene, a supporting character in the animated television series Victor and Valentino
• Charlene, the rifle used by Private Gomer Pyle in Full Metal Jacket
• Charlene, the Tagalog dub name for Botan (see list of YuYu Hakusho characters), in the anime series YuYu Hakusho (known in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Charlene
• All pages with titles containing Charlene
• Charline (name)
• Charleene Closshey
• Cha Cruz, born Charleen Abigaile Ramos Cruz