Herman

Herman

See also: Heřman

English

Etymology

Old English here (“army”) + man (“man”)[1] It was revived in the 19th century, partly due to American immigrants from continental Europe where the name has been more popular. Confer the German equivalent Hermann

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːmən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝmən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪn

Proper noun

Herman

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname​.

Translations

given name

Bengali: হারম্যান (harômjan) Czech: Heřman m Danish: Herman Dutch: Herman (nl) m Finnish: Hermanni (fi) French: Armand (fr) m German: Hermann (de) m Greek: Αρμάνδος (el) m (Armándos) Greenlandic: Eerimaat Hungarian: Herman (hu), Armand (hu)

Icelandic: Hermann (is), Ármann (is) Italian: Ermanno (it) m, Armando (it) m Latin: Arminius m Latvian: Hermanis m Norwegian: Herman (no) Portuguese: Armando (pt) m, Hermano (pt) m Russian: Ге́рман (ru) m (Gérman) Spanish: Armando (es) m Swedish: Herman (sv)

References

1. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

Anagrams

• Arnhem, Ehrman, Hamner, Mehran, Rehman

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Danish

Proper noun

Herman

1. A male given name, cognate to Herman.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Herman m

1. A male given name

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Finnish

Etymology

From Middle Low German Herman. In eastern Finland also from the corresponding Russian saint's name Ге́рман (Gérman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhermɑn/
• Hyphenation: Her‧man

Proper noun

Herman

1. A male given name.

Declension

Inflection of Herman (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Herman	Hermanit
genitive		Hermanin	Hermanien
partitive		Hermania	Hermaneja
illative		Hermaniin	Hermaneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Herman	Hermanit
accusative	nom.	Herman	Hermanit
	gen.	Hermanin
genitive		Hermanin	Hermanien
partitive		Hermania	Hermaneja
inessive		Hermanissa	Hermaneissa
elative		Hermanista	Hermaneista
illative		Hermaniin	Hermaneihin
adessive		Hermanilla	Hermaneilla
ablative		Hermanilta	Hermaneilta
allative		Hermanille	Hermaneille
essive		Hermanina	Hermaneina
translative		Hermaniksi	Hermaneiksi
instructive		—	Hermanein
abessive		Hermanitta	Hermaneitta
comitative		—	Hermaneineen

Related terms

• (given names) Herkko, Hermanni, Manne
• (surnames) Härmä, Manninen, Mannila

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Herman

1. A male given name, cognate to Herman.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Herman c (genitive Hermans)

1. A male given name, cognate to Herman.

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Vilamovian

Proper noun

Herman m

1. A male given name.