Given name & surname
Thurman
“protected by Thor”
Thurman is a variant of Thormond. One interpretation is “protected by Thor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Thurman is a variant of Thormond. One interpretation is “protected by Thor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thurman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,397
- 16,392 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 361 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 361 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,342 as a first name in 2020; 22,239 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.
Thurman’s family of names
Thurman has a related form in Thormond. In English usage, Thurman as a surname has a related form in Thurmond. In English usage, Thurman as a surname has a related form in Thurmond.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Thurman
- Thurman MunsonAmerican baseball player (1947–1979)
- Thurman ThomasAll-American college football player, professional football player, running back, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame memberborn 1966
- Thurman BarkerAmerican jazz drummerborn 1948
- Thurman ArnoldAmerican judge (1891–1969)
- Thurman C. CrookAmerican politician (1891–1981)
- Thurman TuckerAmerican baseball player (1917-1993)
- Thurman D. RodgersAmerican Army general1934–2022
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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