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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Manly

First name variations: Charlie, Charley, Chas, Chars, Chaz, Chip, Chico, Chick, Charlemagne, Carel, Carlo, Charlot, Charls, Karol, Karolek, Karolik, Karoly, Charles

Last name origin & meaning:

English: from Anglo-Norman French chouque ‘tree stump’, possibly applied as a topographic name for someone who lived near a tree stump, or alternatively as a nickname for a person of stumpy build. Compare Such.

This name appears in the following lists: Rock Kings and Queens