Charmian Forename
Approximately 2,006 people bear this name
Charmian Forename Definition:
A female name. occasionally used as a christian name, being taken from Shakespeare’s play 0f Antony and Cleopatra, where he gives it to one of Cleopatra’s slaves. In Plutarch (Shakespeare’s ultimate source) the name is χάρμιον, ‘a little joy’, a neuter diminutive of χάρμα ‘joy’; Greek slaves were often given neuter names.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 701 | 1:79,319 | 3,229 |
| United States | 100% | 594 | 1:610,332 | 15,050 |
| South Africa | 99% | 239 | 1:228,170 | 14,124 |
| Australia | - | 63 | 1:216,788 | 5,205 |
| Philippines | 98% | 57 | 1:1,859,815 | 42,253 |
| New Zealand | - | 47 | 1:96,512 | 4,191 |
| Canada | 100% | 42 | 1:788,890 | 17,380 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 39 | 1:47,260 | 1,199 |
| Scotland | 100% | 29 | 1:184,495 | 3,374 |
| Wales | 100% | 28 | 1:110,511 | 2,590 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 16 | 1:1,056,380 | 17,844 |
| Singapore | - | 15 | 1:419,137 | 10,588 |
| Ireland | 100% | 15 | 1:309,568 | 4,642 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Jamaica | - | 13 | 1:221,787 | 7,032 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Germany | 100% | 9 | 1:10,741,986 | 35,913 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 9 | 1:19,757 | 2,072 |
| Brazil | 100% | 8 | 1:26,779,519 | 235,888 |
| Israel | 100% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5 | 1:14,013,163 | 173,193 |
| Malaysia | 86% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 4 | 1:3,855,954 | 74,439 |
| India | 100% | 4 | 1:303,719,493 | 2,628,057 |
| Nicaragua | 75% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| France | - | 3 | 1:22,156,780 | 46,973 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Sweden | - | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Russia | 100% | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
Charmian (91) may also be a surname.
Charmian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. occasionally used as a christian name, being taken from Shakespeare’s play 0f Antony and Cleopatra, where he gives it to one of Cleopatra’s slaves. In Plutarch (Shakespeare’s ultimate source) the name is χάρμιον, ‘a little joy’, a neuter diminutive of χάρμα ‘joy’; Greek slaves were often given neuter names.
Though from Greek (charma), a (source of) joy; delight, the ch is generally pronounced soft. In England, it appears hardly before C17: cf., in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, that Charmian who was the more attractive of the queen’s two attendants (‘Good sir, give me good fortune’). Etymologically, it may be compared with Charis.
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Charmian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Charmian in the Russian language | ||
| Чармиан | carmian | - |
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