Carlene

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Feminine diminutive of CARL.

CARL   male   German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
German form of CHARLES. Two noteworthy bearers of the name were the German mathematician Carl Gauss (1777-1855), who made contributions to number theory and algebra as well as physics and astronomy, and the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875-1961), who founded analytical psychology. It was imported to America in the 19th century by German immigrants.
CHARLES   male   English, French
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word meaning "man". However, an alternative theory states that it is derived from the common Germanic name element hari meaning "army, warrior".

The popularity of the name in continental Europe was due to the fame of Charles the Great (742-814), commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. His grandfather Charles Martel had also been a noted leader of the Franks. It was subsequently the name of several Holy Roman Emperors, as well as kings of France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary (in various spellings). After Charlemagne, his name was adopted as a word meaning "king" in many Eastern European languages, for example Czech král, Hungarian király, Russian король (korol), and Turkish kral.

The name did not become common in Britain until the 17th century when it was borne by the Stuart king Charles I. It had been introduced into the Stuart royal family by Mary Queen of Scots, who had been raised in France.

Famous bearers of the name include naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) who wrote such works as 'Great Expectations' and 'A Tale of Two Cities', French statesman Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), and American cartoonist Charles Schulz (1922-2000), the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip.
EQUIVALENTS
AFRIKAANS: Charlize
CATALAN: Carla
CROATIAN: Karla
DANISH: Karla
DUTCH: Carla, Carola
ENGLISH: Carla, Charla, Karlene, Sharla
FRENCH: Carole
GERMAN: Carla, Carola, Karla, Karola
HUNGARIAN: Karola
ITALIAN: Carla, Carola
NORWEGIAN: Karla
PORTUGUESE: Carla
SPANISH: Carla
SWEDISH: Carola, Karla
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Carolina
CROATIAN: Karolina, Lina
CZECH: Kája, Karolína
DANISH: Caroline, Charlotte, Ina, Karolina, Karoline, Lina, Line, Lotte
DUTCH: Carolien, Caroline, Charlotte, Lien, Lotte
ENGLISH: Calleigh, Callie, Cari, Carley, Carlie, Carly, Carlyn, Carol, Carolina, Caroline, Carolyn, Carrie, Carry, Caryl, Charleen, Charlene, Charlotte, Ina, Kallie, Karlee, Karly, Karolyn, Karrie, Lina, Lottie, Sharleen, Sharlene, Tottie, Totty
FINNISH: Iina, Karoliina, Liina, Lotta
FRENCH: Caroline, Charline, Charlotte, Line
GERMAN: Carolin, Caroline, Charlotte, Ina, Karolina, Karoline, Lotte
HUNGARIAN: Karolina, Lili
IRISH: Séarlait
ITALIAN: Carlotta, Carolina, Lina
LITHUANIAN: Karolina, Lina
MACEDONIAN: Karolina
NORWEGIAN: Caroline, Charlotte, Ina, Karolina, Karoline, Lina, Line, Lotte
POLISH: Karolina
PORTUGUESE: Carlota, Carolina
SLOVENE: Karolina
SPANISH: Carlota, Carolina
SWEDISH: Carolina, Caroline, Charlotta, Charlotte, Ina, Karolina, Lina, Lotta, Lotte, Lottie
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Carolus, Karl
CATALAN: Carles, Carlos
CROATIAN: Karlo
CZECH: Karel
DANISH: Carl, Karl
DUTCH: Karel
ENGLISH: Carl, Carol, Charles, Charley, Charlie, Chas, Chaz, Chip, Chuck, Karl
FINNISH: Kaarle, Kaarlo, Kalle, Karl
FRENCH: Charles, Charlot
GERMAN: Carl, Karl
HAWAIIAN: Kale
HUNGARIAN: Karcsi, Károly
IRISH: Séarlas
ITALIAN: Carlo
LIMBURGISH: Sjarel
LITHUANIAN: Karolis
NORWEGIAN: Carl, Karl
POLISH: Karol
PORTUGUESE: Carlinhos, Carlito, Carlitos, Carlos
ROMANIAN: Carol
SLOVAK: Karol
SLOVENE: Karel, Karol
SPANISH: Carlito, Carlitos, Carlos
SWEDISH: Carl, Kalle, Karl
WELSH: Siarl
OTHER FORMS
HISTORY: Charlemagne