Charlet Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Spellings drift, and Charlet is where Charles drifted for some families. The family name meaning is “Free man”, the same as for Charles.

Heraldry and the Charlet name

Arms linked to Charles and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Charlet and Charles

Records show Charlet as one of the forms Charles took over time. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Charlet ranked 46,902 in the 2010 US Census, with 453 people answering to the name. 8,410 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Charlet name at birth. Want more than a summary? See the Charlet family name pack.