About Charleston
The name "Charleston" is of English origin and is derived from the combination of two elements: "charles" meaning "free man" and "tun" meaning "settlement" or "town". Therefore, the name Charleston can be interpreted as "free man's settlement" or "town of free men".
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Charleston is considered a unisex name, and is used by both males 42.73% and females 57.27%, based on recent birth statistics.
The popularity of the name has decreased by -12.30% over the past year.
Here's how to represent Charleston in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Charleston using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.