Charlie has multiple meanings:

• Charlie is a common male nickname in English-speaking countries, usually short for Charles. It is occasionally found as a female nickname (usually spelt "Charley") as a shortened form of Charlotte.
• Charlie represents the letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet and the FAA aviation phonetic letters.
  • Charlie was a Vietnam War-era nickname for the Viet Cong, a shortening of "Victor Charlie," applied to the Viet Cong using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
  • Charlie is the NATO designation for a class of Soviet Navy submarines. The name comes from the NATO phonetic alphabet.
• "Charlie" refers to a car in police CB code.
• A "charlie" is slang for a silly or easily fooled person, and an example of Cockney rhyming slang.
• "Charlie" is British slang for cocaine.
• Charlie is the name brand of a Revlon perfume c1973.
• Charlie is the stagename of a female porn star.
• Charlie is a cartoon dog character created by Chuck Jones in late 1940s.
• Charlie (Charles Townsend) was the unseen boss of Charlie's Angels.
• Charlie the Tuna is the cartoon mascot for StarKist Tuna.
• Charlie is a character played by Dominic Monaghan on the TV show Lost.
• Charlie is a video game character in the game Street Fighter.
• Charlie is a parrot, possibly owned by Winston Churchill.
• Charlie is a character in the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, its sequels, and its film adaptations.
• Charlie is the name of Wally/Waldo in the French edition of Where's Wally?
• Charlie was a band in the 1980s.
• Charlie is a male singer who represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998.
• Charlie O'Donnell is an announcer best known for his work on Wheel of Fortune.
• Charlie is the nickname given to Dish Network (Echostar Communications) by illegal Satellite hackers.
• Charlie is an unpublished novel by Stephen King.
• Charlie is also a song by popular rock group the Red Hot Chili Peppers off their album Stadium Arcadium.
• Charlie is stuck on the MTA in The MTA Song.
• Charlie is made of a million pieces of bubblegum in the british tv show The Mighty Boosh

See also

• Charly
• Charley

Lists of ambiguous human names

Charlie | Charlie (homonymie)