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Heroes and Heroines: Maria Weston Chapman
Maria

Name origin: Hebrew

Name meaning: Bitter; the star of the sea

 
Weston

Name origin: Old English

Name meaning: Westerly direction

 
Chapman

Name origin: English

Name meaning: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English chapman, Old English cēapmann, a compound of cēap ‘barter’, ‘bargain’, ‘price’, ‘property’ + mann ‘man’.

 
 
 
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