Charlotte (given name)

Charlotte
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	French, Italian
Meaning	"strong and virile", "vigorous"
Other names
Nicknames	Charlie, Lotta, Chara, Lottie, Lotte, Carly
Related names	Charles, Charlene, Carol, Caroline, Karlotta, Séarlait, Carlota, Carlotta

Last updated April 11, 2026

Charlotte is a feminine given name. It is a female form of the male name Charles.^[1] It is of French or Italian origin, meaning "free man" or "petite". It dates back to at least the 14th century.^{[ citation needed ]}

Popularity

Charlotte was the most popular name for girls in Australia in 2013.^[2]

In 2015, it was the 21st popular girl name both in England and Wales, having been a constant presence among the top ten girls' names there since the 1980s.^[1]

In 2022, in the United States, the name Charlotte was given to 12,891 girls, ranking it as the third most popular name.^[3] It was also the third most popular name given to girls in Canada that year.^[4]

Notable people

Royalty

The following women are usually identified as Charlotte with an appended title rather than a surname:

Charlotte of Belgium (1840–1927), Empress of Mexico
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896–1985; r. 1919–1964)
Charlotte de Bourbon, Duchess of Segovia (1919–1979), second wife of Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia
Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1921–1989), Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Charlotte (disambiguation), various princesses
- Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015), granddaughter of Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, and only daughter of William, Prince of Wales
Queen Charlotte (disambiguation), various queens
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), Queen of the United Kingdom

Other people

Charlotte Adigéry, Belgian musician
Charlotte Ainslie (1863–1960), Scottish educationalist and headmistress
Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 1992), British singer; stage name Charli XCX
Charlotte Armstrong (1905–1969), American author
Charlotte Arnold (born 1989), Canadian actress
Charlotte Auerbach (1899–1994), German scientist
Charlotte Ayanna (born 1976), Puerto Rican-American actress and former Miss Teen USA
Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805–1873), American missionary
Charlotte Becker (born 1983), German cyclist
Charlotte Beers, American businesswoman and former Under Secretary of State
Charlotte Bellis, New Zealander journalist
Charlotte Blacklock (1857–1931), British suffragette, given a Hunger Strike Medal
Charlotte Bolton (born 2003), Canadian para-athlete
Charlotte Bourette (1714–1784), French poet, playwright and lemonade seller
Charlotte Bøving (actress) (born 1964), Danish actor and theatre director
Charlotte Bøving (doctor) (born 1967), Danish doctor and television presenter
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), English author
Charlotte Buff (1753–1828), a youthful acquaintance of the poet Goethe born in Wetzlar
Charlotte Bunch (born 1944), American activist and author
Charlotte Sophia Burne (1850–1923), author and editor, president of the Folklore Society
Charlotte Burton (1881–1942), American silent film actress
Charlotte Caffey (born 1953), American musician
Charlotte Carew Pole, British political activist
Charlotte Casiraghi (born 1986), Monégasque socialite and the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
Charlotte Church (born 1986), Welsh musician
Charlotte Clarke, Scottish academic
Charlotte Clasis (1891–1974), French actress
Charlotte Clements (born 1979), English ice dancer
Charlotte Clymer (born 1986), American activist
Charlotte Colbert (born 1987), Franco-British multi-media artist
Charlotte Coleman (1968-2001), English actress
Charlotte Coles, British oncologist and professor
Charlotte Reeve Conover (1855–1940), American author, lecturer, political activist and educator
Charlotte Corday (1768–1793), French revolutionary and assassin
Charlotte Cornwell (1949–2021), English actress
Charlotte Crivelli (1863-1956), French Australian philanthropist who founded the French Red Cross Society of Victoria
Charlotte F. Dailey (1842–1914), American editor and exposition official
Charlotte d'Amboise (born 1964), American actress and dancer
Charlotte Dawson (1966–2014), New Zealander-Australian television personality
Charlotte de Sauve (1551–1617), French noblewoman, courtesan and spy
Charlotte de Witte (born 1992), Belgian DJ and record producer
Charlotte "Lottie" Dod (1871–1960), English tennis player
Charlotte Dravet (1936–2025), French paediatric psychiatrist and epileptologist
Charlotte Dujardin (born 1985), British equestrian and writer
Charlotte Edwards (born 1979), English cricketer
Charlotte Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater (1763–1849), British noblewoman and philanthropist
Charlotte Elliott (1789–1871), English poet and hymnwriter
Charlotte Famin (born 1973), French wheelchair tennis player
Charlotte Flair (born 1986), American professional wrestler
Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), American anti-slavery activist and educator
Charlotte Frank (born 1959), German architect
Charlotte Fullerton, American television writer and author
Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 1971), British-French actress and singer
Charlotte Evelyn Gay (1867–1958), English social and temperance reformer
Charlotte Duncan Smith Graham (1912–1993), American labor organizer
Charlotte Grant (born 2001), Australian footballer
Charlotte A. Gray (1844–1912), English educator and temperance leader
Charlotte E. Gray (1873–1926), American novelist and religious writer
Charlotte Greenwood (1890–1977), American actress and dancer
Charlotte Bagge Hansen (born 1969), Danish politician
Charlotte Harris (born 1981), British painter
Charlotte Hatherley (born 1979), English musician
Charlotte Hawkins Brown (1883–1961), American educator
Charlotte Henshaw (born 1987), British Paralympic swimmer
Charlotte Hope (born 1991), English actress
Charlotte Iliffe (1881–1972), British aristocrat, philanthropist and suffragist.
Charlotte Jackson (born 1978), English television presenter and journalist
Charlotte A. Jerauld (1820–1845), American poet
Charlotte Johnson Wahl (1942–2021), British artist and mother of Boris Johnson
Charlotte Jordan (born 1995), English actress
Charlotte Kalla (born 1987), Swedish cross-country skier
Charlotte Kennedy (born 1994), English actress
Charlotte Lawlor (1878–1941), New Zealander poet, writer and advertising designer
Charlotte Laws (born 1960), American activist
Charlotte Lecocq (born 1977), French politician
Charlotte Lee, founder of Primo Artists
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield (1664–1718), illegitimate daughter of Charles II of England raised in Berkshire House
Charlotte Lennox (c. 1729–1804), English author and poet
Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond (1768–1842), British aristocrat
Charlotte Lewis (born 1967), English actress
Charlotte Martin (born 1976), American musician
Charlotte Maxeke (1871–1939), South African social and political activist
Charlotte McConaghy, Australian novelist and screenwriter
Charlotte McKinney (born 1993), American model and actress
Charlotte P. Morris, American academic administrator
Charlotte Nichols (born 1991), British politician
Charlotte Nordström (born 1963), Swedish politician
Charlotte Paston, Countess of Yarmouth (1650–1684), illegitimate daughter of Charles II of England
Charlotte Payne (born 2002), British hammer thrower
Charlotte le Pelletier (1778-1855), French musician and composer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), American writer and socialist
Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999), French architect and designer
Charlotte Pistorius (1777–1850), German poet
Charlotte Plank (Australian singer and songwriter and member of Loud LDN based in England)
Charlotta (Lotten) von Plomgren (1831–1916), Swedish civil defence activist.
Charlotte Sally Potter (born 1949), English film director and screenwriter
Charlotte Prodger (born 1974), British video artist
Charlotte Proudman (born 1988), British barrister and writer
Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), American actress and singer
Charlotte Rampling (born 1946), English actress
Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911), attorney and teacher; first African-American woman to become a lawyer
Charlotte Regan (born 1993–1994), British director
Charlotte Rhead (1885–1947), English ceramics artist
Charlotte Riley (born 1981), English actress
Charlotte Roche (born 1978), British-German author and television presenter
Charlotte Sannom (1846–1923), Danish painter, writer, and missionary
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943), German artist
Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), Canadian artist and illustrator
Charlotte Scott (1858–1931), British mathematician
Charlotte Sheffield (1936–2016), American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
Charlotte Smith (disambiguation), various people
Charlotte Stoker (1818-1901), activist and mother of Bram Stoker
Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany (1753–1789), illegitimate daughter of Charles Edward Stuart born in Liège
Charlotte De Bernier Taylor (1806–1865), American entomologist
Charlotte Teske (born 1949), German athlete
Charlotte Tilbury (born 1973), British make-up artist
Charlotte Uhlenbroek (born 1967), British zoologist and television presenter
Charlotte Vandermeersch (born 1983), Belgian actress
Charlotte Wahl (1817–1899), Latvian philanthropist
Charlotte Walker, American actress
Charlotte Walker (politician) (born 2004), Australian politician
Charlotte Wassef (1912–1988), Egyptian model who won Miss Egypt in 1934
Charley Webb (born 1988), English actress
Lady Charlotte Wellesley (born 1990), British socialite
Charlotte Fowler Wells (1814–1901), American phrenologist and publisher
Charlotte Wells (born 1987), Scottish film director
Charlotte Wessels (born 1987), Dutch singer-songwriter
Charlotte Frances Wilder (1839–1916), American writer
Charlotte Seymour Yapp (1879–1934), British nurse

Fictional characters

Charlotte, a character in 2020 video game Genshin Impact
Charlotte, main character in the film Lost in Translation
Charlotte, a character in the TV series Making Fiends
Charlotte, a character in the Canadian TV series Orphan Black
Charlotte, main character in the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther
Charlotte, main character in the 1984 film The Woman in Red
Charlotte Bailey, Conner and Alex's Bailey mother in The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
Charlotte Beatrix Marie Rhody Wyndham, a princess from Berserk (manga) by Kentaro Miura
Charlotte Beaumont, a character in the Australian TV series All Saints
Charlotte A. Cavatica, a barn spider from the 1952 children's novel Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Charlotte Christine de Colde, a character in the Samurai Shodown video game series
Charlotte Cody, a character from Wonder book by R.J. Palacio and Wonder (film)
Charlotte Denon, a reporter in Elf
Charlotte DiLaurentis, a former antagonist in Pretty Little Liars
Charlotte Doyle, main character in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Charlotte "Charlie" Duncan, a character in Good Luck Charlie
Charlotte "Charlie" Emily, main character in the book Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes (whose spirit shares the same name)
Charlotte Fairchild, a character in the novel trilogy The Infernal Devices
Charlotte Gibson, a character in iCarly
Charlotte Gray, main character in the novel Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Heywood, main character in the Jane Austen novel Sanditon
Charlotte Hollis, title character in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Charlotte King, a character in Private Practice
Charlotte La Bouff, in the 2009 Disney film The Princess and the Frog
Charlotte Lewis, a secondary character in Lost
Charlotte Linlin, a character in the Japanese manga One Piece
Charlotte Lucas, a character in Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice
Charlotte Makepeace, main character in the novel Charlotte Sometimes , and the song "Charlotte Sometimes"
Charlotte Morales, a character in the comic book series Spider-Gwen
Charlotte Pickles, a character in Rugrats
Charlotte Simmons, main character in I Am Charlotte Simmons
Charlotte Usher, main character in Ghostgirl
Charlotte Watsford, a character in H₂O: Just Add Water
Charlotte E. Yeager, a character in the Japanese media franchise Strike Witches
Charlotte York, a main character in Sex and the City
Charlotte Sweetly, a character played by Jaime Lyn Beatty in Team StarKid's The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
Charlotte “Lottie” Matthews, a character played by Courtney Eaton in Yellowjackets
Charlotte "Charlie" Morningstar, the principal character of the adult animation series Hazbin Hotel of Viviene Medrano.

References

1 2 "Royal baby: Queen meets great-granddaughter". BBC. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
↑ "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
↑ "Popular Baby Girl Names in 2022". Baby Names. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
↑ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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[bbc5-1] 1 2 "Royal baby: Queen meets great-granddaughter". BBC. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

[2] "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[3] "Popular Baby Girl Names in 2022". Baby Names. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[4] "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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