Berman
Berman is a surname that may be derived from the German and Yiddish phrase בער מאַן or from the Dutch Beerman, meaning the same.
Meaning & Origin of Berman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Berman is a surname that may be derived from the German and Yiddish phrase בער מאַן or from the Dutch Beerman, meaning the same.
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The Story of Berman
Berman first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1911, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1919: 13 births, good for #2,265 nationwide. About 28% of every Berman on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Berman last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 249 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Berman
Berman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 249 births in the dataset. Berman's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #2,265. Use the chart and map above to compare Berman's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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