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The word "chuck" was a medieval term of endearment. Chuck as a short form of Charles seems to have first developed in the United States. I'm not sure that there are really any instances of Chuck being used as an official given name (as opposed to nickname) before it became a pet form of Charles in the USA. So I think that the use of Chuck as a given name is intimately linked to its use as a pet form of Charles, and does not come directly from the term of endearment.

This message was edited 1/18/2007, 12:27 PM