The Name Charlie?

charlie at 10.. north vietnam fighter during the vietnam war

Charlie is often a term of endearment for children whose first name is Charles.

So my first reaction is to think of a small child especially since people have started registering their child or having him christened as "Charlie" rather than "Charles".

Nowadays it is also a given name for girls, and a nickname for those who called Charlotte. There is a young woman on a well followed gardening television programme called Charlie Dimmock. So she was the second thought that came to my mind.

Then, because it is my speciality, I think of the origins and applications of the name:

The linguistic root of the name is both Germanic and French and means "manly".

It also has other uses in English besides a familiar nickname or substitute for Charles:

A night watchman; -- an old name.

A short, pointed beard, like that worn by Charles I.

As a proper name, a fox; -- so called in fables and familiar literature.

It has been used in radio communications (as in Alpha Tango Charlie) to represent the letter C.

It has had many illustrious bearers, but the most commonly thought of more recently are Charlie's Angels and Charlie Chaplin, (as well as Charlie Dimmock!).

In England people often refer to the Prince of Wales as Charlie or Charlie Boy, but usually it is in a sightly disrespectful context.

However you have to bear in mind that the word is also used in a derogatory sense in sentences like "I felt a right Charlie." or " It made me look like a right Charlie", with the word "Charlie" being a synonym for "fool"= "I felt a right fool".

In the US, it is a family name. See:http://www.surnameweb.org/charlie/surname-origin.h...

I only think of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in connection with my daughter who was a Humpa-Lumpa in her primary school play.

Charlie is generally a nickname for Charles. From the website below it says "The boy's name Charles \ch(ar)-les\ is pronounced charlz. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "free man". From "karl", similar to Old English "churl", meaning "man, serf".

Haha Jason beat me to it.

my hubby..lol and reminds me of prince Charles,and tuna fish...chicken of the sea