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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. [1] It is from the French form Charles of the Proto-Germanic name ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (in runic alphabet) or *karilaz (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man".
Carolus is the medieval Latin form of the name Charles. It was the name of various Frankish rulers, most notably of Charlemagne (742–814). The given name also gave rise to a surname in the 17th century.
Karl der Große (German for 'Charles the Great'), also known as Karolus Magnus in Latin and Charlemagne in French, 747–814), a Frankish King and the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; Karl, Truchsess von Waldburg (1548–1593), Imperial minister
Carl (disambiguation), an English and German cognate of Charles; Karol (disambiguation), the Basque, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene form of Charles; Károly (disambiguation), an unrelated name frequently used in Hungarian for the name Charles and its variants; Charlemagne, a Frankish king whose name means "Charles the Great"
Related names Caroline , Carolyn Carolina is a feminine given name in Italian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, derived from the masculine name Carolus which is Latin for Charles , generally meaning 'free man' [ 1 ] [ 2 ] or 'freeholder'.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
Carlos Alazraqui (born 1962), American stand-up comedian and actor; Carlos Bernard (born 1962), American actor; Carlos Braithwaite, African-American actor who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series You Can't Do That on Television
The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. The Romance languages have more than 700 million native speakers worldwide, mainly in the Americas , Europe , and Africa , as well as in many smaller regions scattered through the world.