Dorman is a surname, derived from the Middle English word ''dere'', or ''deor'', meant "wild animal". Therefore, Dorman translates as "wild animal", or, perhaps, "wild animal-man". Another, Old English, derivation is from the Old English word ''deor'', meaning "deer", and, ''mann'', meaning "man": thus, Deer Man. Dorman is also a Turkic name which was widely used by the

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. Notable people with the surname include:

People

* Andy Dorman (born 1982), Welsh football (soccer) player *

Angela Dohrmann Angela Dohrmann (born August 17, 1965) is an American actress and television personality. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a VJ for MuchMusic, the Canadian music video channel, in the early 1990s. She also pursued a career in acting, ...

, American television actress * Arabella Dorman (born 1965), British artist * Sir

Arthur Dorman Sir Arthur John Dorman, 1st Baronet, (8 August 1848 – 12 February 1931) was an important British . Early life He was born at Ashford in Kent the son of Charles Dorman and Emma Page and educated at Christ's Hospital, then situated in Newgat ...

, 1st Baronet (1848–1931), British industrialist, founder of Dorman Long * Avner Dorman (born 1975), Israeli contemporary composer *

Dave Dorman Dave Dorman (born 1958 in Michigan) is a science fiction, horror and fantasy illustrator best known for his '' Star Wars'' artwork. Early life Dorman's parents are Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jack N. Dorman and Phyllis Dorman. Both parents ...

(born 1958), American science fiction and fantasy illustrator *

David Dorman David W. Dorman (born 1954) is an American Telecommunications executive and founding partner of Centerview Capital Technology Partners. Dorman is currently Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of CVS Health Corporation and serves on the boards ...

(born 1954), American telecommunications executive, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc. *

Eric Dorman-Smith Brigadier Eric Edward "Chink" Dorman-Smith (24 July 1895 – 11 May 1969), who later changed his name to Eric Edward Dorman O'Gowan, was an Irish officer whose career in the British Army began in the First World War and closed at the end of the ...

(1895–1969), British Army officer * Henry Dorman (1916-1998), American politician and lawyer *

Isaiah Dorman Isaiah Dorman (died June 25, 1876) was an interpreter for the United States Army during the Indian Wars. He perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn, the only black man killed in the fight. Early life and service with the US Army Not much is known ...

(died 1876), African American interpreter for the United States Army during the Indian Wars * John J. Dorman, Fire Commissioner of the City of New York * Lee Dorman (1942–2012), American bass guitarist, member of Iron Butterfly *

Maurice Henry Dorman Sir Maurice Henry Dorman (7 August 1912 – 26 October 1993) was the representative of the Crown in the then-Commonwealth Realms of Tanganyika, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta. Dorman was born in 1912 and was the eldest son of J ...

(1902–1993), British diplomat, served as Governors-General of Sierra Leone and Malta *

Orloff M. Dorman Orloff Mather Dorman (January 7, 1809 – June 16, 1879) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia from 1869 to 1870. Born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, he was initially named "Orlow", which he changed to "Orloff" in his younger years. He rece ...

(1809–1879), justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia *

Peter Dorman Peter FitzGerald Dorman (born 1948) is an epigrapher, philologist, and Egyptologist. Recently a professor of history and archaeology at the American University of Beirut (AUB), he served as the 15th President of the university from 2008 to 2015. H ...

, American epigraphist, philologist, and cultural anthropologist *

Reginald Dorman-Smith Colonel Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, GBE (10 March 1899 – 20 March 1977) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat, soldier and politician in the British Empire. Early life and politics Dorman-Smith was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military ...

(1899–1977), British diplomat, soldier and politician, UK Minister of Agriculture *

Robert Dorman Robert Dorman (1859 – August 1937) was an Irish socialist activist. Dorman was born in Dublin and served with the Royal Navy in British Columbia and with the Young Men's Christian Association, later working in insurance."Northern politicia ...

(1859–1937), Irish socialist activist * Sonya Dorman (1924–2005), American poet *

Thomas Dorman Thomas Dorman (? at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, date uncertain – 1572 or 1577 at Tournai) was an English Catholic theologian and controversialist. Exiled from England under the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, Dorman became a thou ...

, English Catholic theologian of the sixteenth century *

Dorman Dorman is a surname, derived from the Middle English word ''dere'', or ''deor'', meant "wild animal". Therefore, Dorman translates as "wild animal", or, perhaps, "wild animal-man". Another, Old English, derivation is from the Old English word ''deo ...

(12th century), was either a Cuman warrior in Bulgarian service or a Bulgarian noble of Cuman origin, who ruled the region of Braničevo as an independent state.István Vásáry (2005) ''Cumans and Tatars'', Cambridge University Press, p. 105

Commerce

* Dorman Products, an American aftermarket manufacturer of car parts * W.H. Dorman & Co, an English tool company serving the shoe industry

Places

Derman, Iran Derman ( fa, درمن, also Romanized as Dorman and Dormen; also known as Dīr Mār and Dīrmen) is a village in Javersiyan Rural District, Qareh Chay District, Khondab County, Markazi Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic R ...

, sometimes romanized as "Dorman" * Dormans, a French commune *

Dormanstown Dormanstown is an area of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Named after and built by the Dorman Long iron and steelworks in the 20th century, the area was originally built on t ...

, area of Redcar, North Yorkshire

Things

* Dorman raspberry

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