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Charlene - name meaning, origin|
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The girl's name Charlene \ch(a)-rle-ne, char-lene\ is pronounced shar-LEEN. 20th-century coinage. Feminine form of Charles (Old German) "free man" with the -ene suffix. It may have been influenced by the older and rarer French name Charline, a feminine diminutive of Charles. Char- is also used as a blend prefix.
Charlene has 10 variant forms: Charlaine, Charlayne, Charleen, Charleena, Charleene, Charlena, Charline, Charlisa, Charlita and Sharlene.
For more information, see also related names Arlene, Sha-, Carol, Caroline, Charla and Charlotte.
Baby names that sound like Charlene are Charlyne, Sharline, Sharlyne, Sharlena, Charlynn, Charlyn, Sharleyne, Sharlane, Sherlene and Shirlene.
Charlene is a very common first name for women (#220 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)
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