The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Italian version of “Charlotte“, a feminine form of “Charles“.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Carla, Carlota, Carola, Carole, Carolina, Caroline, Charla, Charlene, Charline, Charlize, Charlotta, Charlotte, Karla, Karola, Karolina, Let, Lettie, Letty, Lotta, Lotte, Lottie, Lotty, Séarlait, Tot, Tottie, Totty, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Miss Carlotta Harrison, a nurse at Dr. Max’s hospital, with the kind of jealous and vengeful personality that destroys lives, in K. by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1914).

Tagged: 1910s, C, Italian

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