Jerman
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Jerman by the numbers
Jerman was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Jerman
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jerman. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jermainfrom Germany; a variant of Germain or Jermaine11 in the US (2017)
- Jermane8 in the US (2017)
- Jermal5 in the US (2017)
- Jordanflowing down; to descend5,996 in the US (2017)
- Jermaineof German people; a form of Germanus271 in the US (2017)
- Jeriahgod exalts; variant of Jeremiah27 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Jerman
Names that are said the same way as Jerman, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Jerman
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