Hermann

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Hermann is both a male first name and a German family name .

Origin and meaning of the name

distribution

The first name Hermann (with its spelling variants, especially Herrmann ) was the most frequently given boy's name in Germany in 1891 and was one of the ten most frequently given names until the 1910s. Its popularity then declined slowly at first, and more sharply from the mid-1940s. In the mid-1960s, the name's popularity collapsed again, and it has barely been used since the 1980s.

variants

Variants of the first name

Variants of the family name

Distribution of the surname Hermann in Germany (2005)

(for bearers of the name, see the linked lemmas)

  • Harman as an English and Turkish family name
  • Herment, Hermant, Herman as a French family name
  • Herman (see also as first name)
  • Hermann as a common German family name (see also as first name)
  • Hermanns
  • Hermannus (or Hermanni) as a family name in the Middle Ages (see also as first name)
  • Hermans
  • Herrmann as a common German family name
  • Heermann
  • Heschl as a South German short form

Name days

The name day refers to the canonized Hermann Joseph von Steinfeld .

The name day was after the Second Vatican Council under Pope Paul VI. moved from April 7th to May 21st.

Other name days:

  • July 31
  • 6th of August
  • September 24th
  • December 28th

Name bearer

First name

For the names of rulers see the list of rulers named Hermann . For modern bearers of the first name, see the Wikipedia people search .

family name

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See also

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  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.
  2. ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"

Web links

Wiktionary: Hermann  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations