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Herman

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Swedish Old Swedish
Old Danish Old Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Younger form of Heriman [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2) Variant form of Hermundr [2]

Related Names

Armand ♂
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 Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Armann ♂
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 Danish Norwegian Swedish
Ármann ♂
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 Icelandic
Herman ♂
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 Danish Finish Greenlandic Norwegian Old Danish Old Norse Old Swedish Swedish
Hermand ♂
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 Danish Norwegian Old Danish
Hermane ♂
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 Greenlandic
Hermáne ♂
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Hermãne ♂
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Hermani ♂
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 Greenlandic
Hermann ♂
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 Danish Faroese Finish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Hermanni ♂
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Herrman ♂
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 Swedish

See also Armando, Êrimât, Ermo, Harmann, Hemmo, Herkko, Hermandus, Hermannus, Hermo

For female forms see Armida, Hermanna, Hermike, Hermina

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Hermaninpoika Finland
Hermansen Denmark Norway
Hermanson Norway Sweden
Hermanssen Norway
Hermansson Norway Sweden
Hermanssøn Norway
Hermansøn Norway

Female

Hermandatter Denmark Norway
Hermanintytär Finland
Hermansdatter Denmark Norway
Hermansdotter Sweden

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Herman
Genitive: Hermans
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Herman
Genitive: Hermanin
Partitive: Hermania
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Herman
Genitive: Hermans
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Herman
Genitive: Hermans

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

11 August

Finland Finland

12 July

Norway Norway

20 October

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

12 July

Sweden Sweden

12 July

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785), Norwegian-Danish poet
  • Herman Joachim Bang (20 April 1857 – 29 January 1912), Danish author
  • Herman Wildenvey (né Herman Theodor Portaas, 20 July 1885 – 27 September 1959), Norwegian poet
  • Herman David Koppel (1 October 1908 - 14 July 1998), Danish composer and pianist
  • Herman Lindqvist (born 1 April 1943), Swedish journalist and author
  • Herman Friele (born 21 August 1943), Norwegian businessman and politician
  • Herman Kristoffersen (born 24 August 1947), Norwegian politician

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[9]
2734 8486 0 7 2734 8479
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
 12566 0 0
n.a.
 12566
Denmark Denmark[11]
695
n.a.
 1
n.a.
 694
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[12]
6 25
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[13]
0 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[14]
4779
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 4779
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Herman (m) Sources: [9][11][14][10]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Herman (m) Sources: [15]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Herman (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Herman (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Herman (m)


References

  1. ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  8. ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  13. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  15. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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