masculine Charles

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Origin:
germanic
Name Root:
*harjaz / *charja- > *karlaz > KARL (ċeorl)
Meaning:*
The etymology of the name comes from the common Germanic noun “*karlaz” meaning “free man,” which survives in English as “churl,” Old English (Anglo-Saxon) “ċeorl,” which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period. In turn, this name derives from the West Frankish name “Háriolus,” a pet form of Germanic names beginning with “*harjaz / *charja-,” meaning “army, army leader, commander, warrior.” The name took a Romanic influence. The Germanic “H” would be represented by a “C” in Romanic spelling; this is where the “C” or “K” came in. The feminine form Caroline and Carolina derive from “Carolus” which is Latin for Charles (English), from which it also derives Charlotte and its derivates. The name was brought in particular by Charlemagne “Charles the Great” and was at the time Latinized as Karolus as “in Vita Karoli Magni,” later also as Carolus. Charles the Great (German: Karl der Große; Latin: Carolus or Karolus Magnus) or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, the first Holy Roman Emperor, and the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.

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Popularity & Ranking

United States Ranking #50


Namedoctor Weekly Ranking #462

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Numerological Values: #3

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Chakra Number: #3
Solar Plexus Chakra "Manipura"

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Color meaning: Yellow

The color yellow relates to acquired knowledge. It is the color which resonates with the left or logic side of the brain stimulating our mental faculties and creating mental agility and perception. Being the lightest hue of the spectrum, the color psychology of yellow is uplifting and illuminating, offering hope, happiness, cheerfulness and fun. In the meaning of colors, yellow inspires original thought and inquisitiveness. Yellow is creative from a mental aspect, the color of new ideas, helping us to find new ways of doing things. It is the practical thinker, not the dreamer.

Name Songs

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Song
Artist
charles atlas
a.f.i.
complainte de charles
danielle darrieux
song for charles
dave
the charles cleary
devendra banhart
dis-moi, charles
garolou
lake charles shuffle
harry choates
chanson pour charles
isabelle roy
p'tit bonhomme tout nu (À p'tit charles )
jean-louis blaire
monsieur charles
jean-louis chinaski
charles
jeanne cherhal
the ballad of charles whitman
kinky friedman
charles -Édouard boogie
le beaulac de bÂle
charles le chauve
les trois horaces
parle charles
miro
il s'appelle charles gauthier
noËlle cordier
charles et lucie
pierre perret
charles - hymne au clodo chantant
quartiers nord

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Charley Harper (1922–2007) American Modernist Artist