Kalman Forename

82,156th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 6,403 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Kalman Forename User-submission:

Kalman is a Yiddish form of the name Kalonymos, meaning 'beautiful name', or the name Clement, meaning 'merciful', 'gentle'.

Kalman Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
1,6051:225,8807,733
Israel
97%
 
1,2021:6,9911,027
Romania
100%
6181:32,4472,083
Ukraine
100%
5301:85,849785
Indonesia
100%
4961:520,08838,737
Serbia
100%
4491:15,9151,132
Hungary
95%
 
2761:35,477490
Canada
100%
2211:149,9256,423
India
74%
 
1651:7,362,897246,378
Germany
100%
1501:644,5196,096
Slovakia
100%
591:90,001947
Sweden
100%
461:214,3027,295
Brazil
100%
461:4,657,30874,565
England
100%
431:1,293,09119,481
Austria
100%
371:230,1143,206
Switzerland
100%
341:241,5735,210
South Africa
100%
331:1,652,50552,695
Iran
100%
331:2,378,69313,453
Croatia
100%
301:140,5692,926
Netherlands
100%
281:603,64613,451
Australia-261:525,2938,160
Kyrgyzstan
100%
241:248,88710,874
Turkey
100%
221:3,536,44118,981
Czechia
100%
181:592,0092,683
Belgium
100%
171:675,8859,645
Pakistan
100%
161:12,147,35577,853
Argentina
100%
161:2,673,3288,808
Venezuela
100%
151:2,013,46035,361
Iceland-131:28,1551,788
Russia
100%
121:12,019,47542,911
Norway
100%
111:466,5758,612
Papua New Guinea
100%
111:741,11953,497
Wales
68%
 
81:386,7895,520
Thailand
100%
71:10,009,402140,485
Mexico
100%
71:17,734,91843,346
France
100%
61:11,078,39032,981
Kazakhstan
50%
 
51:3,549,36921,516
China-51:273,211,15675,889
Nepal
 
75%
41:7,121,83862,014
Philippines
75%
 
41:26,502,369280,915
Peru
100%
41:7,947,86448,688
Bolivia-41:2,650,3514,903
Moldova-31:1,187,0465,200
Cameroon
100%
31:7,203,50173,722
North Macedonia
100%
31:696,91910,674
Costa Rica
100%
31:1,589,31614,648
Denmark-31:1,883,16617,701
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Afghanistan
50%
 
21:16,311,75848,279
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Finland
50%
 
21:2,741,59219,235
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Slovenia
100%
11:2,458,7586,723
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095

The alternate forms: Kálman (8), Kalmán (7), Kálmán (22,968), Kàlmàn (4) & Kâlmân (1) are calculated separately.

Kalman (10,086) may also be a surname.

Kalman Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Kalman is a Yiddish form of the name Kalonymos, meaning 'beautiful name', or the name Clement, meaning 'merciful', 'gentle'.

- Junie

Kalman Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Kalman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalman in the Russian language
Калманkalman-

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