Charley
Meaning: Its source is ceorl, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Freeholder."
Origin: "ceorl."
Nickname For: Charles
Popularity: The name Charley ranked 727th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.
Narrative: The first Holy Roman Emperor, who lived from 742-814, is known to English-speaking students of history as Charlemagne (French for ''Charles the Great.'')
Charlemagne was a powerful Germanic leader who synthesized a relatively ordered society out of the chaos that followed the fall of Rome. He not only united France, but much of central Europe. His widespread fame gave rise to many forms of his name, in many languages.
For example, in Latin he was referred to as Carolus Magnus, and in German as Karl der Grosse. Many of these forms remain popular names in their own right, or have formed the basis for other modern names.
Arts and Music
- Charley Patton
American musician.
- Blues guitarist (see list of Guitarists)
- Charley Pride (born 1938)
American singer.
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, in 1971 and 1972 (see list of Country Music Association Award Winners)
Miscellaneous
- Charley
- Hurricane or tropical storm (see list of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Names)
Sports
- Charley Burley (born 1917, died 1992)
Welterweight and middleweight boxer.
- Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Modern inductees)
- Charley Gehringer
Baseball player.
- 1937 American League Most Valuable Player (see list of American League Most Valuable Players)
- Charley Goldman
- Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Non-Participant inductees)
- Charley Taylor
- Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1984 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
- Charley Trippi
American football player.
- 1945 National Football League number-one draft pick (see list of Football #1 Draft Picks)
- Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1968 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
Stage and Screen
- Charley Chase (born 1893, died 1940)
American comedian, one of the Keystone Cops.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Charley Laney
- 1950s Mouseketeer (see list of 1950s Mickey Mouse Club)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- Charley, Charley, cows in the barley
- Charlie Chan
- Charley Horse
Associations:
''Charlies'' is a slang term for breasts.
''Charlie's dead'' is a phrase used by British schoolchildren when one's underwear is showing.
A ''good-time Charley'' is a man who is only interested in having fun.
''Charlie Irvine'' and ''Charlie Goon'' are slang terms for police officers.
In African-American slang, to ''blow Charlie'' is to snort cocaine.
''Charlie'' is an African-American slang term for a white man.
''Chuck you, Farley'' is a euphemism for ''-uck you, Charlie,'' and is shouted as a sign of contempt.
''Charlie'' is a British slang term for a fool, or for something cheap and tasteless.
Charlie Brown is the star of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip, created by Charles Schultz in 1950.
Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese detective created by Earl Derr Biggers.
''Charlie Farnsbarn'' is a substitute for an unremembered name.
''Checkpoint Charlie'' was the nickname of a border checkpoint in the now demolished Berlin Wall.
''Victor Charlie'' was the U.S. military designation for the V.C., or Viet Cong, during the Vietnam War, following the military and law-enforcement practice of using full words to clarify single letters during radio transmission.
Meaning: Its source is ceorl, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Freeholder."
Origin: "ceorl."
Narrative: Of all the feminine forms of Carl (and its equivalent Charles), the oldest is probably Carolina, which developed in Latin as a feminine form of Carolinus, itself an elaboration of Carolus.
Carolus Magnus was the Latin name of the first Holy Roman Emperor, a Germanic leader known in the English-speaking world as Charlemagne (French for ''Charles the Great''). He was crowned emperor in 800 A.D., after uniting much of central Europe and building a relatively stable society out of the chaos that followed the fall of Rome.
Charlemagne's widespread fame gave rise to many forms of his name in many languages. Each male form suggested a female equivalent, which in turn changed and developed, so that we see Carolina changed to Caroline, shortened to Carol, and so on.
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Associations:
''Charlies'' is a slang term for breasts.
''Charlie's dead'' is a phrase used by British schoolchildren when one's underwear is showing.
A ''good-time Charley'' is a man who is only interested in having fun.
''Charlie Irvine'' and ''Charlie Goon'' are slang terms for police officers.
In African-American slang, to ''blow Charlie'' is to snort cocaine.
Charlie Chan is the name of a fictional Chinese detective created by Earl Derr Biggers.
''Checkpoint Charlie'' was the nickname of a border checkpoint in the now demolished Berlin Wall.
''Victor Charlie'' was the U.S. military designation for the V.C., or Viet Cong, during the Vietnam War, following the military and law-enforcement practice of using full words to clarify single letters during radio transmission.
Charlie Brown is the star of the comic strip ''Peanuts,'' created in 1950 by Charles Schultz.
''Charlie'' is an African American slang term for a white man.
Name: Charley
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- Charley on Google
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