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| '''Charlie''', a name in English-speaking countries, is usually a nickname for ] or ]; German in origin, they mean 'free man'. |
'''Charlie''', a name in English-speaking countries, is usually a nickname for ] or ]; German in origin, they mean 'free man'.<ref name="Oxford">Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', ], 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.52.</ref> | ||
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- See Carl (name) for information about the name.
Charlie, a name in English-speaking countries, is usually a nickname for Charles or Charlotte; German in origin, they mean 'free man'.
Charlie may also refer to:
- The letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet and FAA aviation phonetic letters
- Charlie, short for "Victor Charlie", or VC, military slang for the Viet Cong
- Charlie class submarines of the Soviet Navy
- Charlie (parrot), the name of a pet possibly owned by Winston Churchill
- Charlie (band), a British rock band in the 1980s
- "Charlie" (song), a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Charlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot for StarKist Tuna
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a series of novels and films, and their main character, Charlie Bucket
- Charlie's Angels and the unseen boss, Charles "Charlie" Townsend
- Charlie Dog, Chuck Jones' late 1940s cartoon character
- CharlieCard, a smart card used for electronic ticketing by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Charlie, a fragrance sold by Revlon, a cosmetics company
- "Charlie X", an episode of the original Star Trek series
Charlie may also be used for:
- The Charles S. Roberts Award, nicknamed Charlie in the wargaming hobby
- "Charlie" (The Mighty Boosh episode), an episode of the cult BBC comedy The Mighty Boosh
- "The MTA Song" aka "Charlie on the MTA"
- Slang for cocaine
Famous people with the given name Charlie
- Charlie (porn star), a Latin American actress
- Charlie Darenne, a French Comics creator
- Charlie Dearden, newsreader for the world famous radio station, Darwen Vale Radio
- Charlie Chaplin, the iconic British film actor/director/composer
- Charlie George, ex-football player
- Charlie Laine, adult nude model, and porn actress
- Charlie Reid, a member of the Proclaimers.
- Charlie Rose, an American television interviewer and journalist
- Charlie Watts, drummer for The Rolling Stones
- Charlie Haas, a professional wrestler for the WWE.
- The Hungarian representative to the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Fictional
- Charlie (Street Fighter), a video game character
- Charlie Andrews (Heroes), from the TV series Heroes
- Charlie Brown, lead character of the Peanuts by Charles M. Schultz.
- Charlie Bucket, the title character of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
- Charlie Pace, one of the main characters in the Lost TV series
- Charlie Sonner, from the books and cartoons Charlie and Lola
- Charles "Charlie" Townsend, the unseen boss in Charlie's Angels
- The name of Wally/Waldo in the French editions of Where's Wally?
See also
References
- Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.52.
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