Herman Name Meaning & Origin
Herman
Origin of the name Herman:
From the German Hermann, which is from the Old High German Hariman (army man, soldier), a compound name composed of the elements hari (army) and man (man).
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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A girl I went to school with used to talk about when she was little she would lie in bed and watch 2 spiders on the ceiling. She named them Gertrude and Herman. She said Gertrude ate Herman.
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Herm, Manny, Hermannia, Hermit, Herm it Crab
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Herman Melville, American Renaissance author (Moby-Dick)
Herman Cain, Republican presidential candidate- Herman in song, story & screen: | Edit
Herman Munster
Pee-Wee Herman
Herman's Hermits
Herman Smuckers, the town bum in the internet comic blog, The Greasers of Hazzick Flats. Father of Alex, Max, and Orchid Smuckers and several other children. http://www.thegreasersofhazzickflats.blogspot.com