Charles

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

English and French form of Karl ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Charles	♂

See also:
Female forms: Charline
Pet forms: Charlot, Charly

Name Day

Norway

27 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1660 ^[1]

Namesakes

Charles John Pedersen, 3 October 1904 – 26 October 1989, American organic chemist with Norwegian roots, Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1987)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		0	4	1463	5246
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	695	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	278	652
Finland[6]		n.a.	4	n.a	1262
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[3][4][5][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi