Chapman

Meanings

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.
2. A number of places in the United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Alabama.
4. A neighbourhood of Pasadena, California.
5. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Illinois.
6. A township in Clay County, Kansas.
7. A city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
8. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
9. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana.
10. A township and village therein, in Merrick County, Nebraska.
11. A township in Saunders County, Nebraska.
12. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.

1. A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
2. A purchaser.

Etymology

From Middle English chapman, chepman, meaning merchant or trader; equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Doublet of Kaufman and Koopman.