Given name & surname
Chaz
“free man”
In English use, Chaz is a diminutive 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 English use, Chaz is a diminutive 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 English use, Chaz is a diminutive 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 English usage, Chaz is a diminutive of Charles. In English usage, Chaz is a short form of Charles. In English use, Chaz is a diminutive 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 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Chaz is a diminutive 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.
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Chaz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,074
- 9,909 boys · 165 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 538 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #4,568 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,568 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 49.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 526 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,449 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.
Chaz’s family of names
In English usage, Chaz is a diminutive of Charles. In Greek usage, Chaz as a surname is a transliteration of Χαζ. In English usage, Chaz is a short form of Charles.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Chaz
- Chaz BonoAmerican transgender activist and entertainerborn 1969
- Chaz DaviesBritish motorcycle racerborn 1987
- Chaz JankelEnglish rock musician (born 1952)
- Chaz LanierAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- Chaz Lamar ShepherdAmerican actor and singer-songwriterborn 1977
- Chaz RoeAmerican baseball playerborn 1986
- Chaz GuestAmerican artistborn 1961
- Chaz GreenAmerican football playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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