Herman Forename
1,504th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 650,944 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Samoa
Herman Forename Definition:
A male name. Old German Hariman, compound of harja ‘host’, ‘army' and mana ‘man’. The name was introduced into England by the Normans, and Hermannus occurs in Domesday Book. The French forms of the name, Armant, Armand, became in English Armin, which survived until recently in Norfolk.
Read More About This ForenameHerman Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 100% | 282,024 | 1:915 | 51 |
| United States | 100% | 104,945 | 1:3,455 | 568 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 31,469 | 1:537 | 109 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 21,380 | 1:2,469 | 467 |
| Belgium | 100% | 21,356 | 1:538 | 120 |
| Philippines | 99% | 18,784 | 1:5,644 | 922 |
| South Africa | 100% | 17,137 | 1:3,182 | 595 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 9,069 | 1:2,606 | 609 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,904 | 1:4,799 | 749 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 6,558 | 1:4,643 | 517 |
| Uganda | 99% | 6,528 | 1:6,274 | 730 |
| Burundi | - | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,245 | 1:5,875 | 916 |
| Rwanda | - | 5,076 | 1:2,240 | 480 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 4,988 | 1:3,229 | 485 |
| Chile | 98% | 4,642 | 1:3,793 | 437 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Congo | 100% | 4,279 | 1:1,171 | 184 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4,102 | 1:17,998 | 1,540 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4,096 | 1:11,665 | 982 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,998 | 1:5,405 | 814 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 3,969 | 1:2,054 | 239 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,880 | 1:743 | 194 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,543 | 1:13,070 | 1,519 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 3,299 | 1:13,792 | 295 |
| India | 100% | 3,207 | 1:378,821 | 32,992 |
| Mexico | 99% | 3,009 | 1:41,258 | 1,719 |
| Namibia | - | 2,784 | 1:864 | 173 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 2,746 | 1:3,861 | 666 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,564 | 1:10,517 | 1,213 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,472 | 1:10,917 | 1,028 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,326 | 1:13,668 | 1,333 |
| Argentina | 98% | 1,897 | 1:22,548 | 968 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,563 | 1:19,323 | 1,653 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,502 | 1:13,848 | 1,956 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,467 | 1:12,084 | 904 |
| England | 100% | 1,304 | 1:42,640 | 2,138 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,274 | 1:168,160 | 7,957 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,132 | 1:9,343 | 1,290 |
| Gabon | - | 1,123 | 1:1,677 | 400 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,041 | 1:92,870 | 2,032 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 951 | 1:19,326 | 1,769 |
| Norway | 100% | 949 | 1:5,408 | 636 |
| Honduras | 100% | 893 | 1:9,874 | 990 |
| Sweden | 100% | 856 | 1:11,516 | 971 |
| Poland | 98% | 754 | 1:50,434 | 1,356 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 676 | 1:3,637 | 521 |
| Denmark | - | 636 | 1:8,883 | 786 |
| Chad | 100% | 618 | 1:22,004 | 2,892 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 610 | 1:5,820 | 496 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 570 | 1:40,484 | 3,150 |
| Suriname | 100% | 559 | 1:989 | 191 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 515 | 1:2,644 | 514 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 513 | 1:20,334 | 1,895 |
| Samoa | - | 502 | 1:389 | 110 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 502 | 1:6,828 | 590 |
| Australia | - | 490 | 1:27,873 | 1,717 |
| France | 100% | 487 | 1:136,489 | 2,633 |
| New Zealand | - | 467 | 1:9,713 | 1,047 |
| Belize | 100% | 462 | 1:767 | 124 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 449 | 1:10,619 | 960 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 425 | 1:36,291 | 3,449 |
| Guyana | 100% | 424 | 1:1,800 | 341 |
| Qatar | 100% | 414 | 1:5,724 | 926 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Hong Kong | - | 391 | 1:19,828 | 2,076 |
| Malawi | 100% | 317 | 1:53,982 | 3,553 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 292 | 1:20,611 | 1,546 |
| El Salvador | - | 280 | 1:22,649 | 1,117 |
| Panama | 100% | 262 | 1:14,911 | 1,678 |
| Bahamas | - | 255 | 1:1,566 | 368 |
| Spain | 100% | 245 | 1:189,918 | 3,954 |
| Paraguay | 95% | 222 | 1:32,598 | 1,575 |
| China | - | 214 | 1:6,383,438 | 59,293 |
| Turkey | 99% | 212 | 1:366,989 | 6,005 |
| Thailand | 100% | 205 | 1:341,784 | 18,403 |
| Finland | 100% | 200 | 1:27,416 | 1,294 |
| Austria | 100% | 194 | 1:43,888 | 1,407 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 192 | 1:27,657 | 597 |
| Botswana | 100% | 190 | 1:11,497 | 1,596 |
| Singapore | 100% | 189 | 1:33,265 | 5,905 |
| Portugal | - | 184 | 1:56,581 | 1,876 |
| Oman | - | 162 | 1:25,362 | 1,959 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 158 | 1:45,266 | 4,111 |
| Zambia | - | 151 | 1:104,999 | 4,857 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Czechia | 100% | 139 | 1:76,663 | 1,024 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 139 | 1:393 | 58 |
| Haiti | 100% | 130 | 1:82,515 | 4,902 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 127 | 1:64,673 | 2,497 |
| Malta | - | 125 | 1:3,435 | 545 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 120 | 1:198,081 | 17,726 |
| Mauritius | - | 112 | 1:11,587 | 1,411 |
| Guam | - | 108 | 1:1,487 | 332 |
| Croatia | 100% | 100 | 1:42,171 | 1,594 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 97 | 1:1,606 | 410 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 96 | 1:1,852 | 338 |
| Estonia | 100% | 91 | 1:14,455 | 1,406 |
| Aruba | - | 88 | 1:1,179 | 242 |
| Japan | - | 86 | 1:1,488,210 | 17,601 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 73 | 1:1,503 | 306 |
| Micronesia | - | 65 | 1:1,638 | 263 |
| Iraq | 100% | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Hungary | 83% | 55 | 1:178,032 | 988 |
| Albania | 97% | 53 | 1:57,482 | 4,954 |
| Barbados | - | 51 | 1:5,682 | 816 |
| Italy | 97% | 51 | 1:1,197,296 | 9,879 |
| Ireland | 100% | 50 | 1:92,870 | 2,377 |
| Greece | 100% | 48 | 1:227,803 | 4,386 |
| Russia | 100% | 46 | 1:3,135,515 | 18,025 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 44 | 1:12,819 | 954 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 39 | 1:2,861 | 546 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Grenada | 100% | 37 | 1:2,922 | 563 |
| Scotland | 100% | 33 | 1:162,132 | 3,108 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 30 | 1:1,087,451 | 12,872 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 30 | 1:5,918,812 | 82,027 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:1,820 | 384 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:24,207 | 1,862 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Serbia | 100% | 21 | 1:340,272 | 4,237 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 20 | 1:9,600 | 1,169 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 18 | 1:29,397 | 1,788 |
| Cuba | - | 16 | 1:719,160 | 3,314 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 14 | 1:4,378 | 794 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Liberia | 100% | 14 | 1:315,147 | 9,860 |
| Romania | - | 14 | 1:1,432,284 | 22,395 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Wales | 100% | 13 | 1:238,024 | 4,015 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| South Korea | - | 11 | 1:504,038 | 12,654 |
| Senegal | 100% | 10 | 1:1,458,136 | 11,437 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,472 | 705 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Montserrat | - | 9 | 1:542 | 45 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Guinea | - | 6 | 1:1,976,441 | 4,482 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Israel | 67% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nepal | 100% | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Hermán (13) & Hérman (3) are calculated separately.
Herman (179,867) may also be a surname.
Herman Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old German Hariman, compound of harja ‘host’, ‘army' and mana ‘man’. The name was introduced into England by the Normans, and Hermannus occurs in Domesday Book. The French forms of the name, Armant, Armand, became in English Armin, which survived until recently in Norfolk. The surnames Harman, Harmon, Armand, Arment, &c., are derived from it. The modGer Hermann is occasionally used in England, usually by families of German Jewish origin.
Hermannus Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1205, 1207. Herman Patent Rolls 13th C. Armundus Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C. Armand Feet of Fines 1348. Harman Register of Oxford University 1549.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A German (Teutonic ‘public-army man’), hence an English name rarely bestowed since the war of 1914-18.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Teutonic (masculine) - Commander in chief of an army.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Popular: warrior: war-man.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Herman Forename Popularity
Herman Demographics
Average Male Herman Height
175.57 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,630 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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