Given name & surname
Karman
“the lord of the manor”
Karman is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the lord of the manor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the lord of the manor.”
Where it comes from
Karman comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Russian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Karman as a surname developed from KARMANN.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 663
- 66 boys · 597 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,078 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −71%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,078 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 798 as a first name in 2020; 678 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.
Karman’s family of names
In English usage, Karman as a surname developed from the German form KARMANN. Karman has a related form in Karmen. Karman has a related form in Karmen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Karman has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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