Given name & surname
Charleton
“from the free man's town”
Charleton is a variant of Charlton. One English interpretation is “from the free man's town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Charleton is a variant of Charlton. One English interpretation is “from the free man's town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Charleton is a variant of Charlton. An origin associated with Charlton is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Charleton is a variant of Charlton. The history of Charlton gives this family its wider story. Charlton’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Charleton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 82 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 as a first name in 2020; 256 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Charleton’s family of names
Charleton has a related form in Charlton.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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