Given name
Charlotta
“free man”·“a small, strong woman”
In English use, Charlotta has a related form in Charlotte. The older Germanic root shared with Charles means “free man.” Charlotte keeps that historical connection in a feminine form. Charlotta is a variant of Charla. In English use, Charla carries the interpretation “a small, strong woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Charlotta has a related form in Charlotte. The older Germanic root shared with Charles means “free man.” Charlotte keeps that historical connection in a feminine form. Charlotta is a variant of Charla. In English use, Charla carries the interpretation “a small, strong woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Charlotta has a related form in 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 English use, Charlotta has a related form in 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.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Charlotta has a related form in 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
Charlotta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 966
- 0 boys · 966 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 26 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 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1967. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 600 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.
Charlotta’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Charlotta has a short form in CHARLOTT. Charlotta shares a linguistic root with Charlotte. Charlotta has a related form in Charla.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Charlotta has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Charlotta
- Princess Eugénie of SwedenSwedish princess; daughter of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1830–1889)
- Charlotta FrölichSwedish writer, historian, agronomist and poet1698–1770
- Charlotta FougbergSwedish track and field athleteborn 1985
- Charlotta BassAmerican newspaper publisher1874–1969
- Charlotta SäfvenbergSwedish female alpine skierborn 1994
- Charlotta Malm-ReuterholmFinnish-Swedish artist (1768-1845)
- Charlotta Raa-WinterhjelmSwedish actress (1838–1907)
- Charlotta JonssonSwedish actressborn 1973
- Lotta EdholmSwedish politicianborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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