| [ 2 syll. (c)har-mai-ne, ch-arma-ine ] The girl name Charmaine is pronounced as SHaaRMEYN KEY. Charmaine is used mostly in English, and its language of origin is English and Old Grek. English origin: Derived from the element 'charm'. The name is of disputed origin. It could be a coinage from the English ordinary word 'charm' + 'aine'. Its usage in the 20th century was boosted due to the popular song 'Charmaine' (1926) by The Bachelors. Charmaine has 17 variant forms. Variant forms of Charmaine include Charamy, Charmain, Charmalique, Charmar, Charmara, Charmayne, Charmeen, Charmene, Charmese, Charmine, Charmisa, Sharmain, Sharmaine, and Sharmane. Other English variants include the short forms Char and Charma, and the pet form Chari. In addition, Charmaine is a variant form of the English name Charmian. Charmaine is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the height of its usage in 1952, 0.033% of baby girls were named Charmaine. Its ranking then was #331. The baby name has since experienced a steep decline in frequency, and is currently used on a very modest scale. Within all girl names in its group, Charmaine was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Charmaine include the English Charmain, the English Sharmain, the English Sharmaine, the English Schirin, the English Sharman, the English Sharmane, the English Sharon, the English Sharron, the English Sharyn, the Iranian Shireen, the Indian, Iranian, and Turkish Shirin, the Welsh Cerian, the English Saranna, the German Sarina, the German Sarine, the German and Italian Serena, the English Serina, the English Sharona, the English Shyrin, the German and Romanian Sorina, and the Basque Sorne. KEY: Pronunciation for Charmaine: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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