Charlotte (first name)
Charlotte is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name Charlotte is made up of two elements:
- from the Romanized spelling " Karl " of the Old High German word karal "the capable", "the free",
- from the French diminutive extension -otte (male: -ot ).
Charlotte means something like "the able" or "the free" (French: "the graceful").
distribution
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the name Charlotte was often among the 20 most popular girls' names of a given year in Germany. Its popularity plummeted in the mid-thirties. In the mid-eighties, the opposite trend started and the name became more common again. In 2016, the name was ranked 12th in the frequency statistics.
name day
variants
- Carlota (Spanish)
- Carlotta (Italian)
- Chaly
- Charlette
- Charlie
- Charlot
- Charlott
- Charlotta
- Charly
- Karlotta
- Lotta (disambiguation)
- Lotte (first name)
- Lotti
- Sarolta (Hungarian)
Well-known namesake
Blessed / clergy
- Charlotte Lucas (1752–1794), French educator, beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984
- Charlotte Thouret (1715–1794), French Carmelite, beatified by Pope Pius X in 1906
Empresses / queens
- Charlotte Auguste of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover (1766–1828), Queen of Württemberg, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland
- Charlotte Johanna (1775–1830), Princess of Spain and Queen of Portugal
- Charlotte of Belgium (1840–1927), Princess of Belgium and Empress of Mexico
- Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), Queen Charlotte of Great Britain and Ireland, Electress and Queen of Hanover
- Charlotte Mathilde (1766–1828) Queen of Württemberg
Politicians
- Charlotte Britz (* 1958), German politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Saarbrücken
- Charlotte Zinke (1891–1944), German politician (KPD)
Writers / artists / actresses
- Charlotte Armstrong (1905–1969), American writer
- Charlotte Ayanna (* 1976), American actress
- Charlotte Bara (1901–1986), German expressive dancer
- Charlotte Basté (1867–1928), German actress
- Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (1800–1868), German actress and writer
- Charlotte Böhler-Mueller (* 1924), German author, artist and journalist
- Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), British writer
- Charlotte Engelhardt (* 1978), German presenter and actress
- Charlotte Kanitz (1773–1826), German writer
- Charlotte Karlinder (* 1975), Swedish TV presenter
- Charlotte Kerr (1927–2011), German actress, director and producer.
- Charlotte Klinder (1891–1943), German actress
- Charlotte Kramm (1900–1971), German actress and voice actress
- Charlotte Lewis (* 1967), English actress
- Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005), Canadian writer
- Charlotte Nicdao (born 1991), Australian actress
- Charlotte Roche (* 1978), German television presenter of British origin
- Charlotte Salt (born 1985), British actress
- Charlotte Schreiber-Just (1914–2000), German actress and radio play speaker
- Charlotte Schwab (* 1952), Swiss actress
- Charlotte Temming (1903–1984), German writer
- Charlotte von Ahlefeld (1781–1849), German writer
Nobles
- Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700–1761), Princess of France and Duchess of Modena
- Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Philippsthal (1730–1801), Duchess of Saxony-Meiningen
- Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Kassel (1650–1714), Queen of Denmark and Norway
- Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Wanfried (1679–1722), Princess of Transylvania
- Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1751–1827), Duchess of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg
- Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Wanfried (1679–1722), Princess of Transylvania
- Charlotte Amalie (Nassau-Dillenburg) (1680–1738), regent of Nassau-Usingen
- Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796–1817), British princess
- Charlotte Georgine Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769–1818), Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen
- Charlotte (Luxembourg) (1896–1985), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Charlotte of Cambridge (* 2015), 2nd child of William and Catherine (Kate)
- Charlotte of France (1516–1524), French princess of France from the House of Valois
- Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726), German wife of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Charlotte von Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1652–1707), last female descendant from the house of the Silesian Piasts
- Charlotte of Prussia (1798–1860) , by marriage to Tsarina Alexandra Fjodorovna of Russia
- Charlotte of Prussia (1831–1855) , Hereditary Princess of Saxony-Meiningen
- Charlotte of Prussia (1860–1919) , Duchess of Saxony-Meiningen
- Charlotte of Cyprus (1444–1487), daughter of John II, King of Cyprus
Others
- Charlotte Buff (1753–1828), model for Lotte in Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther
- Charlotte Bühler (1893–1974), German psychologist, co-founder of humanistic psychology
- Charlotte Corday (1768–1793), French assassin of Jean Paul Marat
- Charlotte Dod (1871–1960), British athlete, youngest ever winner of the Wimbledon Championships
- Charlotte Gaitanides (* 1965), German lawyer
- Charlotte Potts (* 1986), German journalist and television presenter
- Charlotte Schmidt (* 1933 as Ch. Böhmer ), German athlete
- Charlotte Schmitt (1909–1989), German federal judge
- Charlotte von Kirschbaum (1899–1975), German theologian and student of Karl Barth
- Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (1928–2002), German transsexual, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf
- Charlotte von Stein (1742–1827), German lady-in-waiting to Duchess Amalia and friend of Goethe and Schiller
- Charlotte von Lengefeld (1766–1826), wife of Friedrich Schiller
- Charlotte Schreiter (born in the 20th century), classical archaeologist
See also
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Web links
Wiktionary: Charlotte - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations
