Kensington Palace announced that the newest member of the royal family will be called Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, a decision that delighted many and disappointed just a few. The baby’s name pays clear tribute to her great-grandmother, grandmother and other family members, but will also likely cause the name to skyrocket in popularity. Here, meet the other Charlottes who came before the new princess.
Charlotte Brontë
![Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), English novelist, 1908-1909. Charlotte Bronte](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/charlotte-bronte.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
The eldest of the three literary Brontë sisters is best known for writing the classic novel, Jane Eyre.
Charlotte York Goldenblatt
![Kristin Davis in "Sex and the City" Kristin Davis as Charlotte York Goldenblatt in "Sex and the City."](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/charlotte-york-goldenblatt.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
The character of Charlotte, played by Kristen Davis, was considered the most traditional and romantic of the Sex and the City foursome.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
![Charlotte Perkins Gilman Portrait of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, circa 1896.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/charlotte-perkins-gilman.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
Gilman was a utopian feminist who agitated for social reform. She’s best known as the author of the short story The Yellow Wallpaper, about postpartum depression.
Charlotte Corday
![Portrait of Charlotte Corday (1768-1793). Artist: Hauer, Jean-Jacques (Johann Jakob) (1751-1829) Charlotte Corday](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/charlotte-corday.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
A moderate French revolutionary, Corday assassinated Jean-Paul Marat, who led the more radical wing of the revolution. She stabbed him in the bathtub, an incident that was later depicted in a famous Jacques-Louis David painting. Corday was later beheaded.
Charlotte Church
![Charlotte Church sings during the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Charlotte Church sings during the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on Jan. 22, 2005.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/charlotte-church.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
Charlotte Church is a Welsh soprano who has sold over $10 million records worldwide.
Charlotte d’Ambroise
!["Chicago" Celebrates The Second Longest Run On Broadway - After Party Actress Charlotte d'Amboise attends an after party marking the 7,486th performance of 'Chicago.'](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/charlotte-dambroise.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
Charlotte d’Ambroise is a Broadway actress who has frequently starred as Roxie Hart in Chicago. She’s also starred in Sweet Charity and A Chorus Line.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
![Charlotte Brown Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of the Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, N.C., in 1902](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/charlotte-hawkins-brown1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
Brown was a prominent African-American educator in the early 20th century who started a school, the Palmer Institute, to educate black students in the south.
Charlotte de Suave
![The Marquise of Noirmoutier seeking to dissuade Henry I of Lorraine by Charles Durupt The Marquise of Noirmoutier, Charlotte de Beaune Semblancay seeking to dissuade Henry I of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, called the Scarred, to go to the meeting of the States of Blois before his assassination at the Chateau de Blois.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/charlotte-de-suave1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
Charlotte de Suave was a French noblewoman who became mistress of King Henry of Navarre in order to spy on him for Catherine de’Medici. She was a member of Catherine’s ‘Flying Squadron,’ a group of courtesans who seduced men in order to get valuable information from them for the Queen.
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