Charlene
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning free person; a form of Charles.
Charlene by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Charlene. In the US, 152 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,545 babies in 1952, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Charles
Like Charlene, each of these traces back to Charles: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Charlesfree man7,142 in the US (2017)
- Carlosfree man; a form of Charles3,058 in the US (2017)
- Charleighfree man; a form of Charles667 in the US (2017)
- Charlifree man; a form of Charles526 in the US (2017)
- Carlfree man; a form of Charles411 in the US (2017)
- Charlizefree man; a form of Charles185 in the US (2017)
- Carlofree man; Italian form of Charles27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carleyfree man; a form of Carl or Charles146 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Charlene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Charleefree man; a feminine spelling of charles1,176 in the US (2017)
- Carlenefree woman; a form of Caroline16 in the US (2017)
- Charlinefree man; a form of Charles10 in the US (2017)
- Charliefree man1,679 in England and Wales (2025)
- Charleyfree man; a form of Charles703 in the US (2017)
- Carleefree woman; a form of Carla or Carly259 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Charlene
Names that are said the same way as Charlene, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sharlenefree woman or beloved; variant of Charlene22 in the US (2017)
- Charleena form of Charlene, free woman8 in the US (2017)
- Charlyna form of Charline or Carolyn, free woman8 in the US (2017)
- Sharleenfeminine form of Charles; a form of Charlene6 in the US (2017)
- Charleeann9 in the US (2017)
- Charlynn5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean freedom
Like Charlene, each of these has freedom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Charlottefree woman; feminine form of Charles12,900 in the US (2017)
- Carolinefree woman; feminine form of Charles4,270 in the US (2017)
- Lottiefree woman; from Charlotte1,222 in England and Wales (2025)
- Frankiefree man; a form of Frank887 in England and Wales (2025)
- Francisfree man; from the Franks262 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carolinafree woman; a form of Caroline715 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Charlene
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