The baby name Colman is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOL-mən.
The baby name Colman is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOL-mən.
Colman is Irish, Latin in Origin.
Colman represents the Anglicized form of Old Irish Colmán, a masculine diminutive built on colm, dove, with the suffix -án marking smallness or endearment. The Irish noun colm is generally traced to Latin columba, dove, a Christian-era borrowing that also lies behind the ecclesiastical names Columba and Columbanus. The earliest securely identifiable form is Colmán in early medieval Irish records; its literal sense is little dove.
The name was especially visible in early Irish Christianity, borne by several saints, including Colmán of Cloyne and Colmán of Lindisfarne, whose career linked Ireland, Iona, and Northumbria in the seventh century. Anglicized Colman and Coleman later overlapped with surname spellings in Britain and Ireland. In the United States it has remained uncommon as a given name, with modern records showing only modest, mostly male use.
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Boys | 2023 | #1 | — | 807 |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| UY | 0 | #182 | 1 | 2,477 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #292 | 2 | 6,876 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| HK | 0 | #353 | 5 | 8,483 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #410 | 4 | 5,922 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #470 | 58 | 12,905 |
| ZA | 0 | #471 | 4 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #479 | 5 | 7,628 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #573 | 3 | 12,054 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #627 | 4 | 8,289 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #696 | 5 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #736 | 4 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #821 | 6 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #883 | 10 | 7,044 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #917 | 35 | 16,906 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,093 | 86 | 25,619 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,175 | 8 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,191 | 9 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,202 | 10 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,233 | 2 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Colman is popular in 30 countries — most recent births per country:
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