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
Cumans and
Pechenegs. Notable people with the surname include:
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Andy Dorman (born 1982), Welsh football (soccer) player
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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
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Arabella Dorman (born 1965), British artist
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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
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Avner Dorman (born 1975), Israeli contemporary composer
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Dave Dorman (born 1958), American science fiction and fantasy illustrator
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David Dorman (born 1954), American telecommunications executive, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc.
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Eric Dorman-Smith (1895–1969), British Army officer
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Henry Dorman
Henry Dorman (September 24, 1916 – November 9, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in the Wisconsin Senate from 1965 through 1979.
Early life and education
Born in Racine, Wisconsin to Zachary and Eva Dorman, he graduat ...
(1916-1998), American politician and lawyer
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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
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John J. Dorman John J. Dorman (ca. 1871-1953) was appointed the 11th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor James J. Walker on May 5, 1926, and resigned his position on December 31, 1933. He was also the chairman of the Kings County Democratic Committe ...
, Fire Commissioner of the City of New York
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Lee Dorman (1942–2012), American bass guitarist, member of Iron Butterfly
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Maurice Henry Dorman (1902–1993), British diplomat, served as Governors-General of Sierra Leone and Malta
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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
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Peter Dorman, American epigraphist, philologist, and cultural anthropologist
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Reginald Dorman-Smith (1899–1977), British diplomat, soldier and politician, UK Minister of Agriculture
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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
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Sonya Dorman (1924–2005), American poet
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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
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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
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Dorman Products, an American aftermarket manufacturer of car parts
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W.H. Dorman & Co, an English tool company serving the shoe industry
Places
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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 ...
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Dormans, a French commune
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Dormanstown, area of Redcar, North Yorkshire
Things
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Dorman raspberry
See also
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Dohrmann Dohrmann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Angela Dohrmann (born 1965), American actress and television personality
* Elsie Dohrmann (1875–1909), New Zealand educator and activist
*George Dohrmann
George Dohrmann (born ...
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Dorman High School
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Dorman Luke construction
In geometry, every polyhedron is associated with a second dual structure, where the vertices of one correspond to the faces of the other, and the edges between pairs of vertices of one correspond to the edges between pairs of faces of the other. ...
a type of Dual polyhedron
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Dorman Long
Dorman Long & Co was a UK steel producer, later diversifying into bridge building. It was once listed on the London Stock Exchange.
History
The company was founded by Arthur Dorman and Albert de Lande Long when they acquired ''West Marsh ...
a British engineering company
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Dorman Museum in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough
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W.H. Dorman & Co Ltd engine manufacturer in Stafford, UK
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