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Comments for the name Charmaine

Comments for CHARMAINE:

I thought it was a female form of Charlemagne.
-- starling  1/2/2005
It means "a song".
-- NiGatReSs  6/23/2005
My name, Charmaine, is spelled on my birth certificate without an "e": Charmain. I don't know if that's due to a misspelling by my parents or an intentional spelling. I have vacillated throughout life in spelling my name, at times including the "e", at others dropping it. Numerologically, that's probably why I have so many changes in life.
There was a World Aar song entitled "Charmaine," which shows its popularity during the World War years.
-- Anonymous User  1/15/2006
I've always thought Charmaine sounded a bit too close to chow mein for my tastes. I can just hear the playground rats going "chicken Charmaine!"
-- Starla Roxanne  9/17/2006
I'm probably the only person to ever notice this, but Blanche DuBois on "The Golden Girls" had a younger sister with this name.
-- Anonymous User  12/1/2006
I have always liked this name since I was a little girl. Pretty and elegant sounding.
-- Anonymous User  12/6/2006
I love the sound of this name but I'm not sure about the spelling. Charmaine reminds me of the state of Maine, Charmain reminds me of Main St., Charmein reminds me of chow mein. Charmayne and Charmaen are ok but I don't know.
-- Anonymous User  6/26/2007
This name is probably supposed to sound elitist, snobby, and over-the-top, but somehow it makes me think of parents from a ghetto trying to pick a sophisticated, elegant name and failing miserably.
-- slight night shiver  5/18/2008
Imagine triplets called Charlotte, Charlene and Charmaine.
-- Anonymous User  10/22/2008
The main character in Diana Wynne Jones' 'House of Many Ways' is called Charmain, and people regularly mistake it for 'Charming'. I like it, especially without the e.
-- Pie  10/23/2008
Amazingly tacky. I'd expect her sisters to be Chardonnay and Tiarna.
-- Anonymous User  11/25/2008
This name means "Bountiful Orchid" in French. I am not sure what the Latin meaning is, but I was told as a child it has Latin roots.
-- Charmagick  11/2/2009
Charmaine sounds like some sort of ghetto name, and like Charmian, it makes me think of Charmin toilet paper.
-- bananarama  4/8/2010
"Charmaine" means little song and Henry Mancini recorded a song by that name.
-- Anonymous User  7/14/2010
Sounds like a popular bathroom tissue in the US. Wouldn't like to have people ask me if I was squeezably soft.
-- Jamesina  7/24/2010

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