Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname CHARLES.

CHARLES. (German) From carl, strong, stout, courageous, and valiant. The Hungarians called a king by the general name Carl, and Scaliger makes Carl-man the same as the Greek ἀνδρέας.

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