The Chapman Surname
- Meaning
- merchant, pedlar
- Type
- Occupational
- Root
- Old English ceapmann
- Chiefly
- Throughout England
From ceap, trade or bargain — the same root that gives Cheapside and the modern ‘cheap’. A chapman was a travelling dealer.
It is one of the older occupational names, in use before the Conquest.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Chapman name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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