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Charlotta is okay, but I prefer Charlotte or Carlotta.

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Rudolph...I'm sorry, but all I can think of is Rudy Giuliani and the Nazi Rudolph Hess.

I love both names, especially Rudolph, which is definitely usable. I love Rudy and Lottie as nicknames, and although Lottie could work as a full name, I don't like it as such.

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Alternative full names for Lottie (some more obvious than others): Lieselotte / Liselotte, Carlotta, Annelot, Letitia, Atalanta, Ludovica, Loredana, Clotilda / Clotilde, Ottilia / Ottoline, Leopoldina / Leopoldine...

Rudolph: Ugly and makes me think of the reindeer. Rudy: Also ugly and makes me think of Rudy Giuliani.
Charlotta: Terrible over-fussy 19th century name.

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Lottie could also be a diminutive for Carlotta or Lieselotte.

Rudolph is usable, it's a good name, but the reindeer won't be forgotten any time soon, so one would have to really want to use it.
I prefer Rudolf.
I think going by Rudy would prevent reindeer associations. I like Rudy. In part I think maybe I like it because it became familiar to me when I was young, due to this song: in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntvEDbagAw where the name Rudy is used because it's slang for "rude boy." I'm not even familiar with the meanings behind that term but it's not a demerit in my demographic, as it was purely fad and fashion for us. I don't think of Rudy Giuliani when I hear the name Rudy but if pressed to think of examples he's the only one that comes to mind (not a positive association for me). I wouldn't use Rudy without the full name Rudolf.

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Charlotta is appealing in sound, but seems elaborate to me, like Vivienna or something - since Carlotta and Charlotte are so much more familiar, and it seems to be taking from the fanciest parts of both. I think most people would just say she had a beautiful name though. It's nice.

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I don't like Lottie as a full name. It's too childish, like Nellie for Eleanor - nice if you're very familiar but it gives up all of the gravity of the full name. A very antiquated style, to use familiar names as full names, and to me it feels negative, like an admission of belief that the named individual isn't or will never be important enough to have their full name written down. Although I can imagine how it might seem positive, like socialist-chic or anarchist-chic, for everyone to have just nicknames! Hmm. But that's not what I automatically associate with it.

Rudolph, i think, is well past its prime. Rudy sounds kind of like some dude who hangs around the pool hall and might or might not be dangerous. Probably still carries a switchblade.
Also, there's red-nosed reindeers.

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Charlotta's better than Charlotte but not by much. I think Carlotta would be a better choice. It's kind of fun, though of course it does sound like car lot.
Lottie just sounds so dumb I think it should be avoided even as a nickname.

Rudolf, that spelling, is fairly routine where I live, and Rudy/Rudie is the standard short form. As long as he isn't subject to sunburnt nose, all should be well.

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Charlotta doesn't convince me at all. Either Charlotte or Carlotta would look more real. Lottie is all diminutive to me. Way too flimsy to be a name in its own right.

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Lieselotte?

I dislike most -dolf / -dolph names, and Rudolph is no exception, especially since it's associated with the reindeer. I don't think it's usable, but the nickname Rudy does make it marginally better.

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While I love Charlotte, Charlotta sounds ugly to me, like an aging diva. I think Lottie works on it's own too - for a seven-year-old. A Lottie in her thirties might beg to differ. That being said, I'd rather be a Lottie than a Charlotta. It could also be short for Clotilda and Lotus.

I'd prefer Carlotta to Charlotta, Charlotta feels weird to me. Lottie is bit childish as a full name. Rudolph feels a bit... over the top? But maybe it could make a comeback , I don't know?

Rudolph will never hear the end of the Christmas jokes. I think it's gone the way of Barbie, Ken, Barney, Mickey, Elmo, and the others. It's too strongly associated with a character and is unusable.

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I prefer Carlotta to Charlotta - Charlotta is a little too obscure sounding, and I worry people would think it was made up, or perhaps a typo of Charlotte when they see it on a resume/attendance roll/etc.