Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Charlyne isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Charlyne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,132
- 0 boys · 1,132 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 34 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 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 722 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.
Charlyne’s family of names
In English usage, Charlyne has a related form in Charlene. In English usage, Charlyne has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Шарлин.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Charlyne
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Charlyne, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Charlyn
“a small, strong woman”
>99% girls
Charlynn
“a small, strong woman”
>99% girls
Charolette
>99% girls
Carolyne
“a joyous song; a small, strong woman”
>99% girls
Cherry
“resembling a fruit-bearing tree”
>99% girls
Annelle
>99% girls
Eilene
“a birdlike woman”
>99% girls
Sharan
“rose of Sharon” · “from the plains; a flowering shrub”
5% boys · 95% girls