Hermes Name Meaning

French (Hermès) and Dutch: from the Greek name Hermes, name of a saint mentioned briefly in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. Dutch and North German: variant of Ermens, a metronymic from a short form of the female personal name Ermelendis or Ermgart. Dutch and German: patronymic from a short form of Herman. Southern French (Hermès): topographic name for someone who lived in a deserted spot or on a patch of waste land, from Occitan erm ‘desert’, ‘waste’ (Greek eremia) + the local suffix -ès.

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List of People with Surname Hermes

As far as we found, there are a total of 1,343 people with the surname Hermes. Among these people surnamed Hermes, there are around 339 different names, with an average of 3 people sharing the same name. Robert Hermes, David Hermes and Mary Hermes are the top three most common names from the list of people surnamed Hermes, with 27, 25 and 22 people respectively.

Furthermore, Our research has shown that Texas has the greatest number of people surnamed Hermes, with a total of 267 people, and there are a total of 173 different names among these people. Wisconsin is the second-most populous state for people with the surname Hermes, with a total of 132 people and an average of 100 different names.

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