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Coleman - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Coleman
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. co-le-man, col-em-an ] The boy name Coleman is pronounced as KOWLMahN KEY. Coleman is primarily used in English and Irish, and it is of Latin origin. Coleman is a spelling variant of the Irish name Colman.

Coleman is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1903 with 0.022% of baby boys being named Coleman. Its ranking then was #360. The baby name has since experienced a substantial fall in frequency, and in recent times it is used on a very modest scale. In 2007, its usage was only 0.016% and its ranking #684, but it was nevertheless the most widely used among all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Coleman include the Irish Colman, the Scottish Caalum, the English Calen, the English and Scottish Callum, the English and Scottish Calum, the English Clemmie, the Latinized Cleon, the Irish Colan, the English Colen, the Scottish and English Colin, the English Collen, the English Collin, the Welsh Collwyn, the Irish Colom, the Irish Colomb, the Irish Colum, the English Colyn, the Irish and Scottish Cullan, the Irish, Scottish, and English Cullen, the English and German Kalen, the English Kalin, the Hungarian Kalman, the Hungarian Kelemen, the English Kellen, the English, German, and Irish Killian, the Slavic Klemen, the Czech and German Kolman, the Scottish Cailean, the English Clem, the Scottish Cliamain, the Irish Coilean, the English Collyn, the English, German, and Irish Kilian, the German Koloman, and the English and German Kylian.

KEY: Pronunciation for Coleman: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


Details of famous persons named Coleman:
Politician Coleman Young, born 24 May 1918 - 29 November 1997, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, born 21 November 1904 - 19 May 1969, St. Joseph, Missouri.

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