Given name
Charlott
“free man”
In Swedish use, Charlott is a short form of Charlotte. The older Germanic root shared with Charles means “free man.” Charlotte keeps that historical connection in a feminine form.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Charlott is a short form of Charlotte. The older Germanic root shared with Charles means “free man.” Charlotte keeps that historical connection in a feminine form.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Charlott is a short form of Charlotte. Charlotte belongs to English and French naming traditions and was formed as a feminine diminutive of Charles.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Charlott is a short form of Charlotte. In Swedish usage, Charlott developed from Charlotte. In Swedish use, Charlott is a short form of Charlotte. The shared background comes through Charlotte: Charlotte was formed from Charles using a feminine diminutive ending. Charlotte’s connection to the Charles family also links it to the older Germanic root behind that name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Swedish use, Charlott is a short form of Charlotte. The history of Charlotte gives this family its wider story. Charlotte was used in England by the seventeenth century. Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, and the novelist Charlotte Brontë helped strengthen its presence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Charlott through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 495
- 0 boys · 495 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 20 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 girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 710 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.
Charlott’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Charlott is a short form of Charlotte. In Swedish usage, Charlott developed from the French form Charlotte. In Swedish usage, Charlott is a short form of Charlotta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Charlott
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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