Charmian
About Charmian
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.
As of October 2026, Charmian ranked #7879 in US births in 1986 SSA, peaked at #2484 in 1923.
Editor's take: The name Charmian is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "joy".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Charmian on lists
Famous Charmians
- 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