Ma'anar ƙamus na "Chaplin" yana nufin sunan ƙarshe na Charlie Chaplin, shahararren ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na Burtaniya, mai shirya fina-finai, kuma mawaki wanda ya shahara a farkon ƙarni na 20 don fina-finansa na shiru, kamar "The Kid," ". Hasken birni," da "Lokaci na Zamani." Kalmar "Chaplin" na iya yin nuni ga gabaɗaya ga mutumin da ke yin ayyukan ban dariya ko kama-karya, sau da yawa tare da barkwanci na zahiri da pantomime, kama da salon wasan barkwanci da Charlie Chaplin ya shahara.