Charmian

Greek

"joy"

Charmian Origin and Meaning

The name Charmian is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "joy".

This name was used by Shakespeare (who got it from Plutarch) in Antony and Cleopatra for one of the attendants of the Egyptian queen. An interesting possibility, it is heard occasionally in the UK, even less frequently in the US.

20 Names Similar to Charmian

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• Senga
• Clelia
• Cynara
• Claribel
• Affery
• Mab
• Sheba
• Christabel
• Athenais
• Mardi
• Clotilda
• Khadija
• Clothilde
• Amia
• Cytherea
• Aira
• Chantilly
• Aminah
• Astara
• Dido

Famous People Named Charmian

• Charmian Carr American actress
• Charmian Clift Australian writer
• Charmian Kittredge wife of the writer Jack London

Charmian in Pop Culture

• The Shakespearean pronunciation: CAR mee,un (like Carmen) or CHAR,mee,un (like the word "charming")
• Charmian Stroud character in Agatha Christie's 1944 short story Strange Jest (a Miss Marple mystery)
• Charmian Brown "Lady Sophia Sefton in disguise" in Jeffery Farnol's bestseller The Broad Highway (1910)
• Charmian Bond aunt of James Bond (007) Franchise