Charlene (given name)

Charlene, also spelled Charleen and Charlyne, is a feminine given name, a feminine form of Charles coined in the United States in the nineteenth century; from French Charles, from Old French Charles & Carles, from the Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from the Proto-Germanic *karlaz (lit. "Free Man"/"Free Spirit"/Free Thinker); compare the Old English word churl and the Old German Kerl.

People

 * Charlene, Princess of Monaco (née Wittstock, born 1978), South African swimmer and wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
 * Charlene Almarvez (born 1993), Filipina fashion model from Laguna
 * Charlene Attard (born 1987), track and field sprint athlete
 * Charleen Badman, American chef and restaurateur
 * Charlene Barshefsky (born 1950), United States Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001
 * Charlyne Brumskine, Liberian politician
 * Charlene Choi (born 1982), Chinese actress and singer
 * Charlene Corley, former defense contractor who was convicted in 2007 on two counts of conspiracy
 * Charlene Cothran, publisher of Venus and Kitchen Table News magazines
 * Charleen Cha Cruz-Behag (born 1988), Filipino volleyball player
 * Charlene D'Angelo (born 1950), American R&B singer best known as simply "Charlene"
 * Charlene Dallas, Miss California for 1966
 * Charlene Dash, African-American model
 * Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (born 1954), owner of a controlling interest in the world's third-largest brewer, Heineken International
 * Charlene Downes (born 1989), British missing person
 * Charlene Drew Jarvis (born 1941), American educator and former scientific researcher and politician
 * Charlene Dukes, American academic administrator
 * Charlene Fernetz (born 1960), Canadian actress
 * Charlene Gonzales (born 1976), television and film personality and former beauty queen from the Philippines
 * Charlène Guignard (born 1989), French-Italian ice dancer, representing Italy
 * Charlene Honeywell (born 1957), United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
 * Charlene James, British playwright and screenwriter
 * Charlene Johnson, Canadian politician
 * Charlene Lima (born 1953), American politician
 * Charlene Marshall (born 1933), Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
 * Charlene McKenna (born 1985), award-winning Irish actress
 * Charlene Mitchell (1930–2022), African American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist
 * Charlene Morett (born 1957), former field hockey player from the United States
 * Charlene P. Kammerer (born 1948), Bishop in the United Methodist Church
 * Charlene Pesquiera, Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Arizona
 * Charlene Pryer (1921–1999), female utility in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
 * Charlene Rendina (born 1947), retired Australian runner
 * Charlene Rink (born 1972), former professional fitness competitor and competitive female bodybuilder
 * Charlene Leonora Smith, South-African journalist
 * Charlene Soraia (born 1988), English singer
 * Charlene Spretnak (born 1946), author, academic and feminist
 * Charlene Strong (born 1963), American gay rights activist
 * Charlene Teters (born 1952), American artist, educator, and lecturer
 * Charlene Thomas (born 1982), English middle distance runner
 * Charlene Thomas-Swinson, head women's basketball coach at Tulsa
 * Charlene Tilton (born 1958), American actress best known for playing Lucy Ewing Cooper on Dallas
 * Charlene White (born 1980), British journalist and newsreader
 * Charlene Wong (born 1966), Canadian figure skater
 * Charlyne Yi (born 1986), American actress
 * Charlene Zettel, member of the California State Assembly from 1999 until 2003

Fictional characters

 * Charlene "Chugs" Bradley, a character from 2009 slasher film Sorority Row.


 * Charlene Matlock, in the television show Matlock, played by Linda Purl
 * Charlene Robinson, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kylie Minogue
 * Charlene Frazier Stillfield, in the television series Designing Women, played by Jean Smart
 * Charlene "Charley" Davidson, one of the main Supporting characters in the Biker Mice from Mars franchise
 * Charlene Sinclair, in the television series Dinosaurs
 * Charlene Turner, a female main character from the novel book series Kingdom Keepers.
 * Charlene, a supporting character in the animated television series Victor and Valentino