Name

Name HERMANN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 10,279 births of Hermann in the countries below, which represents an average of 72 births of children bearing the first name Hermann per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 412 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Hermann
In Italiano

Nome Hermann

Available variant : Heřmann
Variations : Herman , Heřman

Information about the first name Hermann

We celebrate Hermann on September 25th

The first name Hermann is listed in our categories :

Germans names (boys)
Hermann
Icelandic names (boys)
Hermann

The first name Hermann has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name Hermann is the most common is:

Switzerland

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 7 letters including 2 vowels and 5 consonants

Hermann in Japanese ^*

Romaji	haaman
Katakana	ハーマン
Hiragana	はーまん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Hermann in sign language

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Hermann in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Hermann

English

Etymology

German and Jewish surname, from Hermann. Compare Harman, Herman.

Anagrams

Ehrmann

Noun

Hermann (plural Hermanns)
A particular pear cultivar.

Proper noun

Hermann
A surname from German borrowed from German Hermann.
A city, the county seat of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States.

Proper noun (Derived terms)

Hermann grid
Hermann's tortoise

Icelandic

Proper noun

Hermann m
a male given name, equivalent to English Herman

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *harjaz + *mann- and corresponding to the common noun *harjamann- (“warrior”); equivalent to Heer (“army”) + Mann (“man”).

Noun

Hermann m (strong, genitive Hermanns, plural Hermänner)
Clipping of Hermannteig if not vice versa, Herman cake, or rather the dough from which it is made

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈhɛʁ.man/

Proper noun

Hermann
(colloquially in the surrounding region of OWL, with article) Clipping of Hermannsdenkmal.

Noun (Derived terms)

Hermannsdenkmal
Hermannkuchen
Hermannteig

Noun (Related terms)

Hermine, Hermina

Popularity of the name Hermann

Number of HERMANN births per year

Popularity of the name Hermann

Total births of Hermann by country

		Births with the first name Hermann
Country		Boys Girls
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	3,742 0
	France 1900 - 2022	2,697 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	1,629 0
	Austria 1984 - 2021	620 0
	Brazil 1930 - 2022	610 0
	Norway 1945 - 2022	591 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	97 0
	Italy 1999 - 2021	66 0
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	65 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	59 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	36 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	26 0
	Chili 2010 - 2021	23 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2022	9 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	5 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	4 0

Popularity of the name Hermann

Total births of Hermann by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Hermann
Country		Boys Girls
	Germany 2022	384 0
	Denmark 2022	8 0
	Norway 2022	8 0
	Austria 2021	4 0
	France 2022	3 0
	Chili 2021	2 0
	Sweden 2022	2 0
	Argentina 2015	1 0

Comments on the name Hermann

Personalities with the first name Hermann

There are 667 personalities with the first name Hermann

Hermann Hesse (Hermann Karl Hesse)

Switzerland Germany Russian empire German empire
Writer Poet Illustrator Painter Resistance fighter Philosopher Novelist Literary

Robert Koch (Robert Heinrich Hermann Koch)

Kingdom of prussia
Photographer Physician Inventor Chemist Biologist University teacher Military physician

Hermann Göring (Hermann Wilhelm Göring)

Nazi germany German empire
Politician Aircraft pilot War criminal

Emil Fischer

German empire
Chemist University teacher Biochemist

Hermann Ludwig Von Helmholtz (Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz)

Kingdom of prussia German reich
Naturalist Physicist Psychologist University teacher Physiologist Pathologist Military physician Philosopher Anatomist Biophysicist Musicologist Music theorist Ophthalmologist