Charley

Where Charley comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Charley.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Charley through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #58 among boys with 305 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1893
    Charley Chase born
    actor, comedian, director, writer
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #132.
  4. 1934
    Charley Pride born
    American country musician
  5. 1987
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name. Alternative form of Charlie.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Charles.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Charlotte and Charlene.
Namesakes
  • Charley Pride · American country musician, 1934–2020
  • Charley Chase · actor, comedian, director, writer, 1893–1940
  • Charley Toorop · Dutch painter, 1891–1955
  • Charley Grapewin · American actor, 1869–1956
  • Charley Boorman · British actor and adventurer, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.