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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CHARLES

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(origin: Ger.) 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 ??.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).