Given name & surname
Kerman
“a man from Germany”
Kerman is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a man from Germany.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a man from Germany.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Kerman as a surname developed from Герман.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kerman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 75
- 75 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 7 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 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 157 as a first name in 2020; 779 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.
Kerman’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kerman as a surname developed from the Russian form Герман. Kerman has a related form in Kermen. Kerman has a related form in Kermin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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