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Also known as Kálmán (given name), Kálmán (first name)

Kálmán is an ancient Germanic origin Hungarian surname and male given name. Outside Hungary, the name occurs sometimes in the form Kalman. It was derived from the Germanic name: Koloman, Coloman or Kolman. The Germanic name Coloman has been used by Germans since the 9th century.

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Instance of
male given name
Said to be same as
Koloman
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different from
Kálmán
language of work or name
Hungarian
native label
Kálmán
writing system
Latin script
Caverphone
KMN111
Commons category
Kálmán (given name)

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  • Mononym
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Kálmán is an ancient Germanic origin Hungarian surname and male given name. Outside Hungary, the name occurs sometimes in the form Kalman. It was derived from the Germanic name: Koloman, Coloman or Kolman. The Germanic name Coloman has been used by Germans since the 9th century.

Kalman ( in Yiddish and Hebrew, occasionally spelled Calman in Roman letters) is also a Yiddish given name that is a short form of the Greco-Jewish name Kalonymos (, meaning "beautiful name", a reference to a miracle worked in God's name). Sometimes the long form and short forms are used together, as in the compound name Kalman Kalonymos. A nickname for Kalman is in Yiddish Kalma or Kalme.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kálmán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.