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Charles Platt (other)
Chuck, Charlie or Charles Platt may refer to: *Charles Z. Platt (1773–1822), American politician, New York State Treasurer, 1813–1817 *Charles A. Platt (1861–1933), American landscape gardener and architect of "American Renaissance" movement *Charles Platt (author) (born 1945), English science-fiction writer *Charlie Platt, American wrestling announcer during 1980s for Continental Championship Wrestling#Alumni, Continental Championship Wrestling *Chuck Platt, American bassist since 1990s for punk rock band Good Riddance (band), Good Riddance *Charlie Comyn-Platt (born 1985), English footballer — position: defender/midfielder {{hndis, name=Platt, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Z
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |