Charles
/t͡ʃɑːlz/US/t͡ʃɑɹlz/
Charles proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages.
Proper noun
Charles (countable and uncountable, plural Charleses)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Charles the Great / Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French / Beyond the river Sala, in the year / Eight hundred five.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- […] there never was any person named Charles who was not an open, manly, honest, good-natured, and frank-hearted fellow, with a rich, clear, voice, that did you good to hear it, and an eye that looked at you always straight at the face, as much as to say: "I have a clear conscience myself, am...1844, Edgar Allan Poe, Thou Art the Man
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A hamlet in Brayford parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
- A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
- Synonym of Floreana: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
- Synonyms:
- Floreana
Charles meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic
Charles in Hindi
- given name
- चार्ल्स cārls
Charles in Marathi
- given name
- चार्ल्स cārlsa
Charles in Bengali
- given name
- চার্লস carloś
Charles in Arabic
- given name
- تْشَارْلْز tšārlz, شَارْل šārl
More languagesFewer languages
- Charles in Persian
- چارلز čârlz, شارل šârl
Examples of Charles in a sentence
- Something like that." "How about Charles?" "Charles?1988, Ed McBain, The House That Jack Built, page 212:
- That the Koch organization can even attempt this pivot to a less political and more bipartisan stance speaks to the power of what Charles and David Koch built.2019 August 23, Chris Cillizza, “How the Koch brothers fundamentally changed modern politics”, in CNN:
Synonyms of Charles
Forms of Charles
| plural | Charleses |
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Origin of Charles
From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Frankish and Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name King Charles's Island, granted in honor of Charles II of England.
Words formed from Charles
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
- Charles City
- Charles County
- Charles Darwin's frog
- Charles Mix County
- Charles Sturt
- Charles Sturt University
- Charles the Great
- Charleston
- Charles Town
- Charlestown
- Chas.
- Isle de Jean Charles
- King Charles
- Lake Charles
- Prince Charles spaniel
- Saint Charles
- St Charles
- St. Charles
Phrases with Charles
- Charles Towner
- Charles de Gaulle
- King Charles Land
- St. Charles County
- St. Charles Parish
- Charles City County
- King Charles spaniel
- King Charles spaniels
- Charles Darwin's frogs
- Charles Bonnet syndrome
- Prince Charles Foreland
- Charles Island giant tortoise
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Questions about Charles
- What does Charles mean?
- Charles means a male given name from the Germanic languages.
- What is Charles in Hindi?
- Charles in Hindi is चार्ल्स (cārls). See Charles meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Charles in a sentence?
- Something like that." "How about Charles?" "Charles?
- What part of speech is Charles?
- Charles is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Charles?
- Charles is pronounced /t͡ʃɑɹlz/ (US).
Words near Charles in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Charles (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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