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Charmain (F)>

Charmain (female)

Variants:Sharman (F)
Derivative of:Charmian (F)
Can be spelt:Charmaine (F) Sharmaine (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP

Notes:

English, of uncertain origin about 1920.

ONC [which only lists the spelling Charmaine] suggests it may be a variant of Charmian but is equally possibly a made-up name from charm plus the feminine ending -ain/e.