Charlsie
Feminine · “a free man”
Every other feminine of Charles drops the s. Charlotte drops it, Charlene drops it, Caroline and Carol drop it, and they do so because the s belongs to the French nominative ending rather than to the stem. Charlsie keeps it, which makes it the one form in the family that is built on the whole name.
How old is the name Charlsie?
Charlsie first appears in US birth records in 1897 — 128 years ago. The typical Charlsie alive today was born around 1941, making them about 84 years old. About 1,000 people named Charlsie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Charlsie most popular?
Charlsie peaked in 1930, reaching #949 nationally. See the whole 1930 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Karl to Charlsie
The story of Charlsie
No man's name in English has produced as many women's names as this one. Charlotte and Charlene come through French, Caroline and Carla through the Latin and Italian forms, Carol arrives as a shortening of Caroline and then goes independent, and Charla, Charlsie and Carlene are American builds on top of those. That is at least seven distinct feminines in general use, from four languages, and the reason is simply that the base name was enormously common across Europe for a very long time in several forms at once. Where a name is everywhere, the pressure to make a daughter's version of it comes from everywhere too.
Meaning
a free man
The Germanic word behind the base name described a man who was free but held no rank. The sense is inherited unchanged through a chain of feminines, which leaves the name meaning something no longer applicable in almost any respect.
How the name formed
- Karl
- Charles
- Charlsie
Pronouncing Charlsie
CHARL-see
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The s belongs to the first syllable rather than the second, which is what makes the name sound compressed.
Nicknames for Charlsie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1897
- Most girls named
- 192743 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #949reached in 1930
- Change vs 2020
- −28.6%5 in 2022, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Charlsies among us
people named Charlsie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Charlsie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is the only feminine of the base name that keeps the full stem visible.
- The sound is brisk and unlike any of its relatives.
- It is genuinely rare while every part of it is familiar.
- It will be assumed to be a misspelling of Charlie by nearly everyone.
- The consonant cluster in the middle is awkward for some speakers.
- The generation that used it is now elderly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Charlsies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Charlsie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Charlsie in 2025?
- Charlsie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Charlsie with classmates?
- Charlsie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with C, all years combined.
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