CHARLES
is an ancient Germanic name with numerous varations. Some of the masculine forms are; CARL, KARL, and the short CHUCK; some feminine forms are CARLA/KARLA,CARLOTTA, CHARLA,CHARLOTTE, and CHARLEEN/CHARLENE/SHARLENE. This name means man or strong;the feminine forms mean royal. It has been a royal name since the time of Charlemange (Charles the Great). The Hawaiian word for man is "kane". "Kane", with the capital "K", however, is the great god KANE. KANE was one of the four leading Hawaiian gods-the god of creation. It might be a bit presumptuous for a mere mortal to use this name. Therefore, other choices for both the masculine and feminine forms of this name could be KILAKILA which means strong, majestic, having poise that commands admiration or, LANI Meaning heavenly and also referring to members of the royal class. Hawaiianized-English forms which are also native Hawaiian words include; CHARLES=KALE which means watery, CARL/KARL and CARLA/KARLA=KALA which means to loosen or untie.