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Charlene Pronunciation
char-LEEN , shar-LEEN Gender
Female Word/name
French , from
Germanic Meaning Free Woman, Free Spirit, Free Thinker Variant form(s)
Charley /
Charlie ,
Charline , Charlyne,
Carla , Charleen, Sharlene, Sharleen Related names
Charlotte ,
Carla ,
Carol ,
Caroline
Charlene , also spelled Charleen and Charlyne , is a feminine given name, a feminine form of
Charles coined in the
United States in the nineteenth century; from
French
Charles , from
Old French Charles & Carles , from the
Latin Carolus , from and also reinfluenced by
Old High German Karl , from the
Proto-Germanic *karlaz (lit. "Free Man"/"Free Spirit"/
Free Thinker ); compare the
Old English word churl and the
Old German Kerl .
Charlene, Princess of Monaco (née Wittstock, born 1978), South African swimmer and wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Charlene Almarvez (born 1993), Filipina fashion model from Laguna
Charlene Attard (born 1987), track and field sprint athlete
Charleen Badman , American chef and restaurateur
Charlene Barshefsky (born 1950), United States Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001
Charlyne Brumskine , Liberian politician
Charlene Choi (born 1982), Chinese actress and singer
Charlene Corley , former defense contractor who was convicted in 2007 on two counts of conspiracy
Charlene Cothran , publisher of Venus and Kitchen Table News magazines
Charleen
Cha Cruz-Behag (born 1988), Filipino volleyball player
Charlene D'Angelo (born 1950), American R&B singer best known as simply "Charlene"
Charlene Dallas , Miss California for 1966
Charlene Dash , African-American model
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (born 1954), owner of a controlling interest in the world's third-largest brewer, Heineken International
Charlene Downes (born 1989), British missing person
Charlene Drew Jarvis (born 1941), American educator and former scientific researcher and politician
Charlene Dukes , American academic administrator
Charlene Fernetz (born 1960), Canadian actress
Charlene Gonzales (born 1976), television and film personality and former beauty queen from the Philippines
Charlène Guignard (born 1989), French-Italian ice dancer, representing Italy
Charlene Honeywell (born 1957), United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Charlene James , British playwright and screenwriter
Charlene Johnson , Canadian politician
Charlene Lima (born 1953), American politician
Charlene Marshall (born 1933), Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Charlene McKenna (born 1985), award-winning Irish actress
Charlene Mitchell (1930–2022), African American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist
Charlene Morett (born 1957), former field hockey player from the United States
Charlene P. Kammerer (born 1948), Bishop in the United Methodist Church
Charlene Pesquiera , Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Arizona
Charlene Pryer (1921–1999), female utility in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Charlene Rendina (born 1947), retired Australian runner
Charlene Rink (born 1972), former professional fitness competitor and competitive female bodybuilder
Charlene Leonora Smith , South-African journalist
Charlene Soraia (born 1988), English singer
Charlene Spretnak (born 1946), author, academic and feminist
Charlene Strong (born 1963), American gay rights activist
Charlene Teters (born 1952), American artist, educator, and lecturer
Charlene Thomas (born 1982), English middle distance runner
Charlene Thomas-Swinson , head women's basketball coach at Tulsa
Charlene Tilton (born 1958), American actress best known for playing Lucy Ewing Cooper on Dallas
Charlene White (born 1980), British journalist and newsreader
Charlene Wong (born 1966), Canadian figure skater
Charlyne Yi (born 1986), American actress
Charlene Zettel , member of the California State Assembly from 1999 until 2003
Charlene "Chugs" Bradley, a character from 2009 slasher film
Sorority Row .
Charlene Matlock , in the television show Matlock , played by Linda Purl
Charlene Robinson , in the Australian soap opera Neighbours , played by Kylie Minogue
Charlene Frazier Stillfield , in the television series Designing Women , played by Jean Smart
Charlene "Charley" Davidson , one of the main
Supporting characters in the
Biker Mice from Mars
franchise
Charlene Sinclair, in the television series
Dinosaurs
Charlene Turner, a female main character from the novel book series
Kingdom Keepers .
Charlene, a supporting character in the animated television series
Victor and Valentino