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Summary
- No one named Charlene appears in the Bible, and the name has no Hebrew form or meaning.
- Charlene is a feminine form of Charles, which comes through Latin Carolus from the Germanic Karl, “man”; some references give “free man.”
- Charleen and Sharlene are English variants; Charline and Charlène are French.
- In the United States the name peaked at 100th place in 1949; in France it peaked at 39th in 1992.
- There is no Saint Charlène. Nominis, the French bishops’ website of saints and names, takes the name days for Charlène from feasts of Charles and Charlotte, including Saint Charles Borromeo on 4 November.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Charlene,” “Charles,” “Charline,” “Charleen,” “Sharlene,” “Charlotte,” “Caroline” and “Carla,” with popularity figures for the United States (Social Security Administration) and France. https://www.behindthename.com/name/charlene
- “Charles (given name),” Wikipedia, on Proto-Germanic *karilaz, Old English ceorl and the spread of the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_(given_name)
- “Charlene (given name),” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlene_(given_name)
- “Charles Borromeo,” Wikipedia, on his reforms and the famine and plague of 1576. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Borromeo
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France), “Charlène.” https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/prenom/4286/Charl%C3%A8ne.html
- Scripture quotation: Galatians 3:28, English Standard Version.
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