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Lovely, but incredibly popular. Its popularity increased in the U.K. before the U.S., but now even stateside there are so many little Charlottes running around...

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One of my stock combos for a future daughter used to be Charlotte Olivia Florence, but I feel like that's still too popular (even as a three-name combo).

If you'd asked me, like, fifteen years ago, I would have said that it's a lovely old-fashioned-turned-turned-new-fashioned name that I thought was due for a revival. Now I think the explosion in popularity has made it almost tired.

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It's lovely, I just think it's almost become a trend name and I'm not as inclined toward to.

It is my grandmother’s name. I use it often and love it very much.

I recall really loving this name when I was very young, because it was super rare then. The strongest association was the spider from Charlotte's Web and I remember the name had a bad reputation among my peers for that reason. It's funny how so many names that my peers despised became such superstars. Charlotte and Sophia were especially reviled, and look at them now.

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I don't mind this name, still, though it is not nearly so shiny anymore. My grandmother absolutely hated it, like to the point that it was weird, which gave it major points. She made Charlotte sound so cool - like the gaudiest tart that ever trolloped, a salacious siren that dripped sequins and scandal. I even made Charlotte Shirley as a fantasy combo in honour of how much it would make her roll in her grave. Charlotte Shirley works real nice. But in real life I'd never waste a middle name on Shirley.

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I know of someone who named her kid Charlotte and calls her Chuck, which is kinda cute. I prefer Carlotta or Carlota myself, these days. But Charlotte is nice.

There are so, so many Charlottes, especially in the midwest and the south. I'm not a fan at all.

I am not a fan, but I realize I'm in the minority with that opinion haha

It was my grandmother's name. I have a friend with a 8 or 9 year old named it who goes by Charlie (I don't like that as a NN for it). I think its popularity right now is associated with British royalty plus it sounds like Scarlett, and both of those things make me like it less. Though I like soft Cha* names in general (Charlize, Charlene, Charmaine, Chantal), it seems fairly classic, and I would consider it as an honoring middle name, if I was planning on having kids.

This message was edited 6/2/2025, 8:33 AM

It's a lovely name, albeit overexposed on this website.

This is one of my favorite names - it was the name of my grandma, someone I miss very much every day still even though she's been gone 10+ years now. My sister named her young daughter after her. Grandma went by Char (shar) and my niece goes by Charlie :)

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I think it's cute, classic, timeless, pretty...

Beautiful and timeless! I do associate with the city, but it still is fine.

I've never liked it; far prefer Charlene or Charline. I can't help seeing that it contains the word 'harlot', which puts me right off.