Given name & surname
Furman
“a ferryman”
Furman is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a ferryman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a ferryman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Furman 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
Furman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,758
- 2,758 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 73 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 937 as a first name in 2020; 8,778 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.
Furman’s family of names
In English usage, Furman has a related form in Firmin. Furman has a related form in Fuhrman. Furman has a related form in Fuhrmen.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Firminvariant · English
- Fuhrmynvariant
- Fuhrminvariant
- Fuhrmunvariant
- Fuhrmonvariant
- Fuhrmenvariant
- Fuhrmanvariant
- Furmannvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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