Hermann - name meaning and origin

The boy's name Hermann \he-rma-nn, her-mann\ is a variant of Herman (Old German), and the meaning of Hermann is "soldier".

The baby name Hermann sounds like Harmann, Harman, Harmonn and Hermon. Other similar baby names are Heimann, Heman, Furmann, Garmann, Germain, Jermane, Jermain, Germayn, Germano, Germane, German, Hartmann, Heiman, Hernan, Hofmann, Jerman, Jarmann and Shermann.

Hermann is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Hermann. Compare Hermann with related baby names.