Plenty of Charlottes to go around! Hollywood actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is laying claimto the name on behalf of her daughter. “I was Charlotte first,” declaredthe baby pink T-shirt in a photo that the actress posted on herInstagram account this week.
The caption on the Instagram photo read, "My daughter's outfitfor school tomorrow #PrincessCharlotte #PrincessCharlottePrinze" – a tongue-in-cheek reference to Prince William and the Kate Middleton's daughter, born Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Dianain May.
And while she may not be an actualprincess, Sarah Michelle’s Charlotte was definitely there first. Now 5years old, this little girl has a royal-enough name of her own –Charlotte Grace Prinze – thanks to her dad, actor Freddie Prinze Jr.
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The 'real' Princess Charlotte, with her big brother Prince George Photo: Getty Images
The name Charlotte has beengaining in popularity over the last several years and is expected tobecome even more widely used, thanks to the royal couple. But the 8-week-old British princess isn’tthe only baby Charlotte to make an appearance in the past year. Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc Mezvinsky have their own littleCharlotte, born in September.
Charlotte, the feminine version ofCharles, has a long heritage as a royal name. Other royal Charlottesinclude Charlotte Casiraghi, the granddaughter of Prince Rainier andPrincess Grace of Monaco.
Another royal Charlotte – Princess Grace's granddaughter, Charlotte Casiraghi Photo: Getty Images
For many, the first Charlotte thatcomes to mind isn’t actually a real person. It’s the prim andproper Charlotte York from the hit series Sex and the City.
“I want to take total credit for it,” Kristin Davis, the actress who played Charlotte York, told VanityFair of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's choice of baby name. “I’m sure that I don’t deservetotal credit for it. I’m so excited. I had seen the list of thepossible names [beforehand], so I was like secretly, 'Please,please, please let it be Charlotte.'... I don’t want to read theactual reasons that she’s named Charlotte. I just want to thinkthat it has to do with us.”
Other than the young royal, the most famous BritishCharlotte is most likely Charlotte Bronte, who wrote Jane Eyre.
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