Name: Hermann

Gender: Male

Usage: Hermann is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Hermann are in general originating from Austria, France, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Hermann across the world, see Herman.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Hermann is: Man in the army, Warrior.

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Numerology of the first name Hermann: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber

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The name Hermann is ranked on the 9,487th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 27100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Hermann has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Hermann for each year.

The name day of Hermann is 25 September.

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Hermann or Herrmann is the German variant of the given name Herman.

People with the name include:

Given name:

  • Arminius, in German historiography known as Hermann, Germanic leader opposed to Roman conquest and victor of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
  • Hermann Abert (1871–1927), German historian of music
  • Hermann Balk (died 1239), Teutonic knight
  • Hermann Baumgarten (1825–1893), a German historian and political publicist
  • Hermann Billung, a Margrave of Saxony
  • Hermann Bondi (1919–2005), Anglo-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist
  • Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892), German zoologist
  • Hermann Chinery-Hesse, founder of SOFTtibe
  • Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909)
  • Hermann Fegelein (1906–1945), Waffen-SS General
  • Hermann Fressant, 14th century writer
  • Hermann Goldschmidt (1802–1866), German-French astronomer who discovered the asteroid Lutetia
  • Hermann Göring, leading member of the NSDAP
  • Hermann Grassmann (1809–1877), German linguist and mathematician
  • Hermann Gundert, a German missionary who compiled the first Malayalam-English dictionary
  • Hermann Harms (1870–1942), German botanist
  • Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894), German physicist
  • Hermann Hesse, a German-born poet, novelist, and painter
  • Hermann Hoth (1885–1971), German military officer
  • Hermann Hreiðarsson, footballer of Icelandic descent
  • Hermann Huppen (born 1938), a Belgian comic book artist
  • Hermann Lang (1909–1987), German race car driver
  • Hermann Maier, an Austrian skier
  • Hermann Merkin (1907–1999), Jewish-American businessman
  • Hermann Minkowski, a Lithuanian mathematician who devised the idea of four-dimensional spacetime
  • Hermann Müller (disambiguation), the name of several individuals
  • Hermann Muthesius (1861–1927), German architect
  • Hermann Oberth (1894–1989), Romanian and German physicist
  • Hermann Panzo (1958–1999), a French sprinter
  • Hermann Prey (1929–1998), German lyric baritone
  • Hermann Rauschning, a German conservative and reactionary, opponent of the Nazi party
  • Hermann von Salza, a Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
  • Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), German conductor
  • Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884), German ornithologist
  • Hermann von Siemens (1885–1986), former head of German electronics company Siemens AG
  • Hermann Wendland (1825–1903), German botanist
  • Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), German mathematician
  • Hermann A. Widemann (1822–1899), a German businessman and Kingdom of Hawaii cabinet member
  • Hermann Wilken (1522–1603), German humanist and mathematician
  • Hermann Winterhalter (1808–1891), German painter
  • Hermann Zapf (born 1918), German typeface designer

Surname:

  • Alexander Herrmann, German magician known as "The Great Herrmann"
  • Arnulf Herrmann, German composer (born 1968)
  • Bernard Herrmann, American composer
  • Binger Hermann (1843–1926)
  • Boris Herrmann, German sailor
  • Ed Herrmann, American baseball player
  • Edward Herrmann, American actor
  • Erika Hermann, birth name of Erika Steinbach
  • Fernand Herrmann, French silent film actor
  • George H. Hermann, Hermann Park
  • Jacob Herrmann, German rugby union international
  • Jakob Hermann, Swiss mathematician (1678–1733)
  • Jakob Herrmann (born 1987), Austrian ski mountaineer and paraglider
  • Johann Hermann, French zoologist
  • Johannes Hermann (1515–1593), German cantor, hymn writer and jurist
  • Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann, German classical scholar and philologist
  • Judith Hermann, German short story writer
  • Michael Herrmann, German festival director
  • Mirko Hermann, Croatian industrialist and businessman
  • Ned Herrmann, is known for his research in creative thinking and whole-brain methods
  • Peter Hermann (disambiguation), several people
  • Robert Hermann (disambiguation), several people
  • Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
  • Walter Herrmann (physicist) (born 1910), German nuclear physicist
  • Wilhelm Herrmann, German theologian

Fictional characters:

  • Herman Hermann, a one-armed character from the American TV series The Simpsons

German: from an old Germanic personal name composed of the elements heri, hari army + man man. The given name was popular in the 19th century, when it was widely believed to have been borne by the early Teutonic national leader Arminius the Cheruscan, mentioned by Tacitus (see Armin).
Cognate: Italian: Ermanno.

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