as a Last Name
- 41,096
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Herman
Meaning & Origins
English, French, Dutch, Slovenian, Croatian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements heri, hari ‘army’ + man ‘man’. As a Jewish surname this is no doubt an adoption of the German surname Hermann.
| 711th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 41,096
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Herman per capita
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