The baby name Neumann is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced NOY-man (IPA: /ˈnɔɪmən/).
Neumann is German in Origin.
The baby name Neumann is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced NOY-man (IPA: /ˈnɔɪmən/).
Neumann is German in Origin.
Neumann is a German surname-turned-given name meaning “new man,” from Middle High German niuwe/neu (“new”) + man (“man”), once describing a newcomer or recent settler. It’s widespread across German-speaking regions and among Ashkenazi Jews who adopted Germanic surnames in the 18th–19th centuries. In German it’s pronounced roughly NOY-mahn, though English speakers may say NEW-man.
As a first name, Neumann appears in the late 20th century within the surname-as-given-name trend, used for boys and increasingly unisex. Variant spellings and cognates include Newman (English), Neuman (simplified German/US), Naumann (central German dialectal), and Nyman (Scandinavian cognate with the same meaning). The name can carry scholarly and modern associations via the famed mathematician John von Neumann, while its literal sense - “newcomer” - conveys freshness, beginnings, and adaptability.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU | Boys | 0 | #172 | 3 | 3,954 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #301 | 5 | 6,530 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #560 | 6 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #573 | 3 | 12,054 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #819 | 20 | 4,949 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #915 | 38 | 5,697 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #987 | 6 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Neumann is popular in 24 countries — most recent births per country:
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