Charlie - short for anything else but Charles?

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Love Charlie as a name, but irrationally dislike Charles (maybe the royalist link...). Can it be short for anything else?

Charlotte

Charlton?

Charlene, charlotte

Charlton - get a baby names book out of hte library and you can asee ones that are close to charles in teh book.

Have to admit I am with your DH on this - can't stand Charles, but love charlie

Charlemagne

Daft question, but can't you just call him Charlie?

MamaL.... just have a thing about there being a more serious name behind the NN or shortened name... is Charlie a Nobel Prize Winner...?

Why can't a Charlie be a Nobel Prize Winner? What nonsense!

I love it personally on it's own.

I have a Charlie, who is Charles.

I didn't really like Charles at all, but wanted to give him a choice of a name with more "gravitas" later on.

Now I find Charles has really grown on me. DH calls him Charles on occasion, and Charlie himself likes the name, as he knows a grown-up Charles.

That's my thoughts, FWIW

(Charlton is awful)

whats wrong with charles? its a proper mans name

I have a Charlie. Not a Charles as I knew we would never call him Charles as I hate it!