Kálmán

Kalman (קלמן‎ in Yiddish and Hebrew, occasionally spelled Calman in Roman letters) is a Yiddish given name that is a short form of the Greco-Jewish name Kalonymos (קלונימוס‎, 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.

Kálmán is also 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.

The Yiddish and Hungarian names are a convergence with separate origins (the Yiddish name first appearing in the Rhineland in the middle ages with the famed Kalonymos family).

People with the name Kalman or Kálmán include:

Surname[]

Attila Kalman (Hungarian: Kálmán Attila, born 1968), Hungarian, organist, pianist; (de)
(1929–2015), Hungarian-Austrian Jewish composer; (de)
Dan Kalman (born 1952), American mathematician
Emmerich Kálmán (1882–1953), composer of operettas
, Australian historian
Maira Kalman (born 1949), an Israeli-U.S. graphic designer and illustrator
Oszkár Kálmán (1887–1971), a Hungarian bass singer
Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930–2016), Hungarian mathematician and electrical engineer
Tibor Kalman (1949–1999), Hungarian graphic designer

Given name[]

Kalman Aron (died 2018), a Latvian-born American Jewish artist
Kalman J. Cohen (died 2010), an American Jewish economist
Kálmán Bartalis (1889–?), a Hungarian polo player
(1942-2017), an American Jewish professor of religion at Duke University
Kalman Bloch (1913–2009), a US Jewish clarinetist
Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939), a Hungarian politician
Kálmán Ferenczfalvi (1921-2005 in Debrecen) was a Hungarian Righteous Among the Nations
Kálmán Giergl (1863–1954), a Hungarian architect
Kálmán Gőgh (German: Koloman Gögh, 1948, Kladno–1995)
Kálmán Hazai (1913–1996), a Hungarian water polo player
Kálmán Hunyady de Kéthely (1828–1901), a Hungarian nobleman
Kálmán Ihász (born 1941), a Hungarian footballer
Kálmán Kalocsay (1891–1976)
Kálmán Kandó (1869–1931)
Kálmán Kánya (1869–1945), a Foreign Minister of Hungary
Kálmán Katona (born 1948), a Hungarian politician
Kálmán Kertész (1867–1922), a Hungarian entomologist
Kálmán Kittenberger (1881–1958), a Hungarian traveller, natural historian, biologist
Kálmán Konrád (1896–1980), a Hungarian football player
Kalman Konya (born 1961, Zürich), a Switzerland-born Hungarian-German shot putter
Kálmán Kovács (disambiguation)
Kálmán Kubinyi (1906, Cleveland–1973, Stockbridge, Massachusetts), a Hungarian-American influential etcher
Kalman Kahana (1910–1991; Hebrew: קלמן כהנא‎), an Israeli politician and journalist
Kalman Liebskind (born 1970), an Israeli journalist.
Kalman Mann (1912-1997), 8th director general of Hadassah Medical Organization
Kálmán Markovits (born 1931), a Hungarian water polo player
Kalman Menyhart (born 1955), a Hungarian football player
Kálmán Mészöly (born 1941), a former Hungarian football (soccer) player
Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910), a Hungarian novelist, journalist, politician
Kálmán Petrikovics, a Hungarian sprint canoer
Kalman Packouz, a US orthodox rabbi
Kalman Mayer Rothschild (1788-1855), founder of the Rothschild banking family of Naples
Kálmán Rózsahegyi (1873–1961), a Hungarian actor and teacher
Kálmán Sóvári (born 1940), a Hungarian footballer
Kálmán Sóvári (wrestler) (1910–1996), a Hungarian wrestler
Kálmán Szabó (born 1980), a Hungarian football player
Kálmán Széll (1843–1915), a Hungarian politician
Kálmán Thaly (1839–1909), a Hungarian poet, historian and politician
Kálmán Tihanyi (1897–1947), a Hungarian physicist, electrical engineer, inventor
Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902)
Kálmán Tóth (1831–1891), a Hungarian poet
(2001-), an American porn star

Middle name[]

Moses Kalman Rothschild (1688-1735), German Jewish silk trader, money changer, father of Amschel Moses Rothschild (1710-1755)
Kalonymus Kalman Epstein (born c. 1753, Neustadt, now Poland)
Kalonymus Kalman Shapira (1889–1943), a Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno
Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 1963), an Icelandic author
Karl Kalman Targownik (1915 - 1996), a psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor.

Mononym[]

Coloman of Hungary, king of Hungary (1095–1116)
Prince Kálmán (Coloman) of Lodomeria (1208–1241), a Hungarian member of the Árpád dynasty, Prince of Halych
Coloman, Bishop of Győr (1317–1375)

References[]

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