How to pronounce Charmian?

KAR-mee-un. The name is Greek in origin. The ch is a transliteration of the Greek letter chi. It should be pronounced like the ch in "chemistry" or "charisma".

Charmian

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Female

Charmion

A little joy

The name appears is Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra". Charmian is Cleopatra's lady-in- waiting and confidant, the only person who has the nerve to tell the Queen to stop beating up an innocent messenger who brings bad news.
American actors tend to mispronounce the name, saying the initial ch as in "church" or "Chicago". It should be said like a k--as in "chemistry" or "charisma". British actors sometimes get it right.

Charmian is pronounced as sh ah r m ee n

sh	is pronounced as		sh	in ship
ah	is pronounced as		a	in car
r	is pronounced as		r	in rat
m	is pronounced as		m	in me
ee	is pronounced as		ee	in see
n	is pronounced as		n	in no

Charmian is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ sh ah r m ee n ]

sh	ah	r	m	ee	n
ship	car	rat	me	see	no

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