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Herman

HUR-muhn

name

A male given name of Germanic origin, and a common surname.

"Herman moved to Wisconsin with his family in the 1890s."

How to Use Herman

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA traditional first name meaning roughly "army man".

Easily confused with

hermann →

Hermans plural

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_____ moved to Wisconsin with his family in the 1890s.

From Old English here ("army") and man, later reinforced by the German equivalent Hermann as European immigrants brought it to America.

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