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Carles
How to Pronounce Carles
Pronounced KAR-luhs /ˈkɑːrləs/Medium
Meaning: Carles is the Catalan form of Charles and sits beside the Spanish Carlos; all trace to Germanic Karl meaning free man or man of the people, a name long borne by kings.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Carles reached a small number of boys in the early twentieth century, with a quiet high around 1928. As the Catalan form of Charles and a near neighbor of Carlos, it carries the Germanic free man meaning and reflects Spanish and Catalan heritage in American families.
It was never common in the United States, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak, and reads as a heritage variant. A boy named Carles then would be past a hundred today. The name keeps its Iberian character and royal, free man lineage.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Carles mean?
It is the Catalan form of Charles and a variant close to Carlos, from Germanic Karl meaning free man.
How do you pronounce Carles?
It is said KAR-luhs /ˈkɑːrləs/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Carles a boy or girl name?
Carles is recorded as a boy's name.
How popular is Carles?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at a small peak in the late nineteen-twenties.