Charlene (given name)
Charlene is a feminine given name, a feminine form of Charles coined in the United States 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 ; compare the Old English word churl and the Old German Kerl.Notable people with the given name Charlene
- Charlene, Princess of Monaco, South African swimmer and wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- Charlene Almarvez, Filipina fashion model from Laguna
- Charlene Attard, track and field sprint athlete
- Charlene Barshefsky, served as United States Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001
- Charlene Choi, 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
- Charlene D'Angelo, American R&B singer best known as simply Charlene
- Charlene Dallas, Miss California for 1966
- Charlene Dash, African-American model
- Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, owner of a controlling interest in the world's third-largest brewer, Heineken International
- Charlene Drew Jarvis, American educator and former scientific researcher and politician
- Charlene Fernetz, Canadian actress
- Charlene Gonzales, television and film personality and former beauty queen from the Philippines
- Charlene Honeywell, 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 Leonora Smith, South-African journalist
- Charlene Lima, American politician
- Charlene Marshall, Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
- Charlene McKenna, award-winning Irish actress
- Charlene Mitchell, African American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist
- Charlene Morett, former field hockey player from the United States
- Charlene P. Kammerer, Bishop in the United Methodist Church
- Charlene Pesquiera, Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Arizona
- Charlene Pryer, female utility in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- Charlene Rajendran, Malaysian writer based in Singapore
- Charlene Rendina, retired Australian runner
- Charlene Rink, former professional fitness competitor and competitive female bodybuilder
- Charlene Spretnak, author, academic and feminist
- Charlene Strong, American gay rights activist
- Charlene Teters, American artist, educator, and lecturer
- Charlene Thomas, English middle distance runner
- Charlene Thomas-Swinson, head women's basketball coach at Tulsa
- Charlene Tilton, American actress best known for playing Lucy Ewing Cooper on Dallas''
- Charlene White, British journalist and newsreaderLondon
- Charlene Wong, Canadian figure skater
- Charlene Zettel, served in the California State Assembly from 1999 until 2003
Fictional characters
- Charlene Matlock, a fictional character on the television show Matlock played by Linda Purl
- Charlene Robinson, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours played by Kylie Minogue
- Charlene Frazier Stillfield, a fictional character in the television series Designing Women played by Jean Smart
- Charlene, a character in the Transformers comics
- Charlene Pood'el, a fictional character in Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman.
- Charlene "Charley" Davidson, one of the main Supporting characters in the Biker Mice from Mars franchise.
- Charlene Sinclair in Dinosaurs.
