Herman
See also: Heřman
English
Etymology
From Old English here (“army”) + man (“man”)[1] It was revived in the 19th century, partly due to American immigrants from continental Europe where the name has been more popular. Compare the German equivalent Hermann.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːmən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɝmən/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪn
Proper noun
Herman (plural Hermans)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Derived terms
Translations
given name
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References
- Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.
Danish
Finnish
Etymology
From Middle Low German Herman. In eastern Finland also from the corresponding Russian saint's name Ге́рман (Gérman).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhermɑn/, [ˈhe̞rmɑ̝n]
- Rhymes: -ermɑn
- Syllabification(key): Her‧man
Declension
Inflection of Herman (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Herman | Hermanit | ||
genitive | Hermanin | Hermanien | ||
partitive | Hermania | Hermaneja | ||
illative | Hermaniin | Hermaneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Herman | Hermanit | ||
accusative | nom. | Herman | Hermanit | |
gen. | Hermanin | |||
genitive | Hermanin | Hermanien | ||
partitive | Hermania | Hermaneja | ||
inessive | Hermanissa | Hermaneissa | ||
elative | Hermanista | Hermaneista | ||
illative | Hermaniin | Hermaneihin | ||
adessive | Hermanilla | Hermaneilla | ||
ablative | Hermanilta | Hermaneilta | ||
allative | Hermanille | Hermaneille | ||
essive | Hermanina | Hermaneina | ||
translative | Hermaniksi | Hermaneiksi | ||
abessive | Hermanitta | Hermaneitta | ||
instructive | — | Hermanein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
- Herman is the 582nd (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 306 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,289 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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