Charman Family History
Charman Name Meaning
English (Sussex and Surrey): occupational name for a carter carrier or coachman from Middle English (Old French) char car ‘car cart carriage’ + Middle English man ‘man’. Compare Carter and Carman English (Sussex and Surrey): occupational name for someone who did odd jobs from Middle English char(re) chere (Old English cier(r) cer(r) cear(r) cær(r)) ‘turn (of activity) small job chore’ + man. Compare Carman In some cases probably also an Americanized form of Slovenian Čarman (see Carman ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022