Meaning and Origin of: Charley

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Italian : Valiant, strong, free
  • Spanish : Little and womanly; Variation of Charlotte or Caroline

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Manly

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Charley in Leicestershire, named with Celtic carn ‘cairn’, ‘pile of stones’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
  • French (Burgundy) : from a pet form of Charles.

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