Given name & surname
Ferman
“having great strength”
Ferman is a variant of Fermin. One Spanish interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ferman is a variant of Fermin. One Spanish interpretation is “having great strength.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ferman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,383
- 1,383 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,174 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,174 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 720 as a first name in 2020; 2,217 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ferman’s family of names
Ferman has a related form in Fermin. In Greek usage, Ferman as a surname is a transliteration of Φέρμαν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ferman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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