Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ʃɑɹ.ˈmeɪn/(American English) /ʃɑː.ˈmeɪn/(British English) Meaning & History Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Charmian or the English word charm with the aine suffix from Lorraine. It was (first?) used for a character in the play What Price Glory (1924), which was made into a popular movie in 1926.