Given name & surname
Firman
“a loyal man”
Firman is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a loyal man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a loyal man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Firman has a related form in Firmin. The history of Firmin gives this family its wider story. Firmin’s historical associations include several early saints, including the first and third bishops of Amiens.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Firman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 199
- 199 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,108 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,108 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 221 as a first name in 2020; 1,212 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.
Firman’s family of names
Firman has a related form in Fermin. In English usage, Firman has a related form in Firmin. Firman has a related form in Firmin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Firman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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