origin of name charles
Charles is a masculine given name from the French form Charles of a Germanic name Karl.The original Anglo-Saxon was Äearl or Äeorl, as the name of king Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The corresponding Old Norse form is Karl, the German form is also Karl.he name is atypical for Germanic names as it is not composed of two elements, but simply a noun meaning (free) man. This meaning of ceorl contrasts with eorl (Old Norse jarl) nobleman on one hand and with Ã¾eow (Old Norse Ã¾raell) Ã¾rÃ¦ll, bondsman slave on the. other