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.

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Famous People Named Charmian

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

The name 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