# Karman

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #80,591

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. Alternative form of Kerman, Iran.

## Etymology
Various origins:
* Borrowed from Dutch Karman, an occupational surname for a carter.
* A variant of German Karmann, which shares the same origin of the Dutch surname.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Kármán, an ethnic name for the Turkish people of the Karaman Province.
* A Jewish surname from Russian карман (karman, “pocket”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/karman