Given name
Charline
“a small, strong woman”
Charline is a variant of Charla. In English use, Charla carries the interpretation “a small, strong woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Charline is a variant of Charla. In English use, Charla carries the interpretation “a small, strong woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Charline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,241
- 0 boys · 6,241 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 164 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,552 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,552 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 164 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,122 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Charline’s family of names
Charline has a related form in Charla. In French usage, Charline has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Carlina. In French usage, Charline has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Шарлин.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Charline
- Charline Van SnickBelgian judokaborn 1990
- Charline SchwarzGerman archerborn 2001
- Charline PiconFrench windsurferborn 1984
- Charline LabontéCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1982
- Vendredi sur MerSwiss female singerborn 1995
- Charline EffahGabonese writer and teacherborn 1977
- Charline MathiasLuxembourgian middle-distance runnerborn 1992
- Charline Bourgeois-TacquetFrench actress and directorborn 1986
- Charline von HeylGerman painter (born 1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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