Kálmán is álmáan 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.
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 Kálmán (born 1968), Hungarian organist and pianist
Dan Kalman (born 1952), American mathematician
Emmerich Kálmán (1882–1953), composer of operettas
Maira Kalman (born 1949), Israeli-American graphic designer and illustrator
Oszkár Kálmán (1887–1971), 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
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 (, 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; ), 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 Kalman Schulman (1819–1899), a Lithuanian writer and translator 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 (poet) (1831–1891), a Hungarian poet
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), Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 1963), Icelandic author Karl Kalman Targownik (1915-1996), 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)
See also
(Kallmann (disambiguation), Kallman, Calman, Callmann, Callman)–other Jewish given names () and variants Koloman (Coloman)