Herman - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Herman \

is pronounced HER-man. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "soldier". Norman name. Saint Herman (11th century) wrote the famous hymm "Salve Regina". Authors Herman Hesse, Herman Melville.

Herman has 12 variant forms: Armand, Armando, Armin, Ermanno, Ermano, Ermin, Harman, Harmon, Hermann, Hermie, Herminio and Hermon.

For more information, see also the related name Armani.

Baby names that sound like Herman are Harmen and Harmann.

Herman is a very common first name for men (#183 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#727 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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