I'm a
Charley, but it's short for
Charlotte.
I wouldn't want to be just a
Charley, I would have found it too informal as a given name.
So yeah, fine as a short form, but I really don't like it as a given name, for boys or girls, I've I'm honest.
~Charley~
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