Name: Herman
Gender: Male
Usage: Herman is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Herman are in general originating from Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Herman is: Man in the army, Person of high rank.
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Numerology of the first name Herman: 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 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Herman is ranked on the 1,436th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 323800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.005% of the population. The name Herman has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Herman for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Herman is 7 April.
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History and Origin
Herman is masculine given name, from a Germanic name consisting of the elements harja- "army" and mann- "man". It is first recorded in the 8th century, in the forms Hariman, Heriman, Hairman, Herman.
It has also been associated with the older Germanic name Armin, Ermen (Arminius, a leader Cherusci in the 1st century; Ermanaric, the name of a 4th-century Gothic king of the Amali dynasty). For this reason, Arminius in German historiography is traditionally known as Hermann der Cheruskerfürst.This name element is from an irmin "strong", perhaps containing a theonym Irmin (c.f. Herminones). Conflation with the name Herman may date to the medieval period, via variant forms such as Ermin, Ermen, Erman, feminine Ermina, Ermana, Hirmina, Hermena.
The given name was taken to England by the Normans, but it became obsolescent as an English given name in the later Middle Ages (while remaining common in German). It regained popularity in the Anglosphere in the 19th century, particularly in the United States.
Variant forms include German Hermann, French Armand, Italian and Iberian Armando.
Herman has also been in use as a German surname since the 16th century.
English form of Hermann. The name was in use among the Normans, and enjoyed a limited revival in Britain in the 19th century, when it also became common in America, most probably as a result of the influence of German settlers.
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