Charlotte
Given to more girls last year than ever before, it's on a clear climb, though still rare enough that most Poles have never met a Charlotte. Germanic at root, it carries the old sense of "free woman".
Charlotte Pronunciation
Charlotte is pronounced khahr-LOT-te (/xarˈlɔttɛ/).
What Charlotte means
Where Charlotte comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Charlotte comes from the Germanic root karl, "free man," and took its modern shape as a feminine form of Charles. French speakers softened the sound and passed it to England, where the court took to it. The short meaning that carried into Polish reads wolna kobieta, a free woman.
Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, gave the name royal standing in the eighteenth century, and a North Carolina city still bears her name today. Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre under a borrowed man's pen name before her own was known. In 1952 a spider named Charlotte spun words to save a pig, and the book sold in the millions.
The name never fully left. Princess Charlotte, born in 2015, put it back onto birth registers across Europe. On a Polish class register it now sits easily between Zofia and Maja.
Its meaning stays plain. Free woman, from the Germanic karl.
How many people are named Charlotte
1 in 30840 women in Poland is named Charlotte. 731 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1093 among female names.
Charlotte's popularity over time
39 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #394 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2004.
Where parents choose Charlotte
Charlotte is most popular in Opole, 138% above the national average (6 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+126%) and Masovian (+45%). It is least common in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and West Pomeranian, 67% and 57% below average respectively.
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Opole
+138%1 in 7,683 babies
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Lesser Poland
+126%1 in 8,104 babies
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Masovian
+45%1 in 12,652 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−67%1 in 54,690 babies
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West Pomeranian
−57%1 in 42,213 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
−49%1 in 35,897 babies
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Opole+138% 6 born1 in 7,683 babies+138%
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Lesser Poland+126% 28 born1 in 8,104 babies+126%
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Masovian+45% 28 born1 in 12,652 babies+45%
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Silesian+21% 15 born1 in 15,172 babies+21%
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Lower Silesian+5% 9 born1 in 17,459 babies+5%
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Pomeranian−1% 8 born1 in 18,415 babies−1%
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Subcarpathian−9% 6 born1 in 20,094 babies−9%
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Greater Poland−15% 10 born1 in 21,524 babies−15%
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Holy Cross−34% 2 born1 in 27,717 babies−34%
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Warmian-Masurian−49% 2 born1 in 35,897 babies−49%
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West Pomeranian−57% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies−57%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−67% 2 born1 in 54,690 babies−67%
Charlotte as a middle name
Charlotte is a first name for 731 women in Poland and a middle name for another 445, a 62/38 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 330th, between Alice (445) and Mariia (445).
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#328 Sylwestra448
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#329 Alice445
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#330 Charlotte445
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#331 Mariia445
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#332 Gracjana439