Given name & surname
Heman
“a faithful man”
Heman is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Original Hebrewהימן
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'aman (אמן), “to confirm or support.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Heman appears in 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 15:17 and 3 other passages.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6
- 1 Chronicles 6:33
- 1 Chronicles 15:17
- 1 Chronicles 16:41
- 2 Chronicles 5:12
- 1 Chronicles 25:5
From biblical name research
Heman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 80 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 9 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 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 314 as a first name in 2020; 342 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.
Heman’s family of names
Heman has a related form in Hemann. Heman has a related form in Hemen. Heman has a related form in Hemenn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Heman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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