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Hereman
Hereman is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of here (army) and man (man), cognate with German Heriman.
Variants:
Hereman [Heinrich Meidinger 1833 Vergleichendes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen Mundarten, 1st edition, page 508].
Hermannus [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 13].
Herman [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 15].
Heremann [William Searle 1899 Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, page 84].
Hermann [Keith Briggs 2021 An index to personal names in English place-names, 1st edition, page 161].
Note:
Hermannus is a Latinized form.
Prototheme:
army = here [Charlotte Yonge 1863 History of Christian Names, 1st edition, 2: 406].
Deuterotheme:
Man or mon = Mᴀɴ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 132].
Usage:
Hereman was the name of a moneyer working under King Eadgar: (approximately) “∴ / ИERE / ✠✠✠ / MAĪĪO / ∵” [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 180, number 100].