Charlot
Charlot is a Danish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish feminine given name that is an alternate form of Charlotte and a feminine form of Carl as well as the masculine Charlot. Charlot is a French masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Charles and a masculine form of Charlotte. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
- French
Meaning & Origin of Charlot
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Charlot is a Danish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish feminine given name that is an alternate form of Charlotte and a feminine form of Carl as well as the masculine Charlot. Charlot is a French masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Charles and a masculine form of Charlotte. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Charlot
The earliest SSA record of Charlot as a baby girl name dates back to 1920, when 8 babies received it. 1955 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Charlot — #4,068 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Charlot on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Charlot last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 145 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Charlot
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Names that sound like Charlot
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About the name Charlot
Charlot is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 145 births in the dataset. Charlot's peak popularity came in 1955 when it ranked #4,068. Use the chart and map above to compare Charlot's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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