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 form(s)	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 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)
• Charlyne
• Sharlene
• Charleene Closshey
• Cha Cruz, born Charleen Abigaile Ramos Cruz