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Charlette

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
2
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant of Charlotte, feminine diminutive of Charles, from Germanic karl, "man"

The story

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Charlette around the world

One shared root links 24 names across 7 languages.

Shared root: from Germanic karl "man", Latinized as Carolus and spread everywhere by Charlemagne's fame

The constellation

CharletteEnglish · variantCharlesEnglishCarlScandinavianKarlGermanCarloItalianKarolPolishCaroleFrenchCarolinaPortuguese
16 more branches of this family
CharlieEnglish · diminutiveCharleyEnglish · diminutiveCharleeEnglish · variantCarolEnglish · short formCarolineFrench · feminine formKarolineGerman · variantCarolynEnglish · variantCarolynnEnglish · variantCarrieEnglish · short formCarlaItalian · feminine formCarlyEnglish · diminutiveCarleyEnglish · variantCarlieEnglish · variantCharlotteFrench · feminine formCharleneEnglish · feminine formLottieEnglish · diminutive

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Charlette peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Names that fit alongside Charlette

Claudette Caroline Jeanette Antoinette Claire Noelle

The Charlette deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Charlette truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Charlette fits with your family’s names and surname.

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