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Charlita
How to Pronounce Charlita
Pronounced shar-LEE-tuh /ʃɑrˈliː.tə/Medium
Meaning: Charlita reads as a diminutive blending Charlotte, the French feminine of Charles meaning free man, with the Spanish -ita ending seen in Carlita, so it means roughly little free woman.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Charlita is a diminutive elaboration on Charlotte or Carlita, both feminine forms of Charles, free man, finished with the Spanish -ita ending. It appeared for American girls only faintly, around 1985.
It was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at most, and it had faded by the mid nineteen-nineties. A girl named Charlita then would be around forty today. It reads as a warm diminutive coinage rather than a name on the rise.
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What does the name Charlita mean?
It is a diminutive of Charlotte or Carlita, feminine forms of Charles meaning free man.
How do you pronounce Charlita?
It is said shar-LEE-tuh /ʃɑrˈliː.tə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Charlita a boy or girl name?
Charlita is used as a girls name.
How popular is Charlita?
It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-eighties.