Given name & surname
Teoman
“chief, leader”
Teoman is a masculine given name from Chinese. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Teoman goes back to a word meaning “chief, leader.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teoman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 126 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,366 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,366 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Teoman
- Teoman AlibegovićSlovene basketball coach and basketball playerborn 1967
- Teoman KumbaracıbaşıTurkish actor (born 1971)
- Teoman KomanTurkish military officer (1936–2013)
- Teoman ÖztürkTurkish-German basketball player (born 1967)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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