Herman
Pronunciation: HER-min (key)
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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).
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Herman Melville, American Renaissance author (Moby-Dick)
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