Meaning and Origin
What does the name Chapman mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from West Virginia, U.S. says the name Chapman is of English origin and means "Merchant, trader".
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Chapman is of English origin and means "Trader,merchant".
- One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.(Obs)"The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling to buy it." [T. Fuller.]
- A peddler; a hawker.
Etymology: AS. ceápman; ceáp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. köpman, Dan. kiöpmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap
- Archaic term for an itinerant peddler
- United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
- An English occupational surname for a merchant.