Gherman is the Romanian-language variant of the Slavic

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; as such, it is used an alternative name for the ''

Caloian ''Caloian'' (also ''Calian(i)'', ''Caloiță'', ''Scaloian'', ''Gherman'', or ''Iene'') was a rainmaking and fertility rite in Romania, similar in some ways to '' Dodola''. Its namesake is a clay effigy, whose sculpting, funeral, exhumation, an ...

'' ritual, corresponding to the South Slavic god. It may also refer to:

Places

* Gherman, a village in

Bicaz-Chei Bicaz-Chei () is a commune in Neamț County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bicaz-Chei, Bârnadu (''Bernádtelep''), Gherman and Ivaneș (''Iványos''). Bicaz-Chei is one of three communes in Neamț County (most of which is in Western ...

Commune, Neamț County, Romania * Gherman, a village in

Jamu Mare Jamu Mare (; or ''Großscham''; ) is a communes of Romania, commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Clopodia, Ferendia, Gherman, Jamu Mare (commune seat), and Lățunaș. Name In Romanian language, Romanian, the name ...

Commune, Timiș County, Romania * Gherman, a village in

Sculeni Sculeni (, ''Skulen'') is a commune in Ungheni District, Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Blindești, Floreni, Gherman and Sculeni. It is also a border checkpoint to Romania. History The Romanian boyar and heir apparent to the Mold ...

Commune, Ungheni district, Moldova

People

Given name

Gherman Pântea Gherman Vasile Pântea (; surname also spelled Pîntea; ; ; May 13, 1894 – February 1, 1968) was a Bessarabian-born soldier, civil servant and political figure, active in the Russian Empire and Romania. As an officer of the Imperial Russian Army ...

(1894–1968), a Romanian politician *

Gherman Titov Gherman Stepanovich Titov (; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fou ...

(1935–2000), a Soviet cosmonaut

Surname

* Cosmin Gherman (born 1984), a Romanian futsal player *

Diomid Gherman Diomid Gherman (10 April 1928 – 19 April 2014) was a professor and researcher from Moldova and a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He was a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova. Biography Gherman ...

(1928–2014), a Moldovan physician * Marius Gherman (born 1967), a Romanian artistic gymnast *

Oliviu Gherman Oliviu Gherman (26 April 1930 – 11 August 2020) was a Romanian physicist, politician, university professor, and diplomat. Born in 1930 in Sânmihaiu de Sus village, Turda County (now part of Mihai Viteazu commune, Cluj County), he complete ...

(1930–2020), a Romanian physicist, politician and diplomat *

Simona Gherman Simona Gherman (née Alexandru; born 12 April 1985) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, European champion in 2012 and 2016. She was twice team World Champion in 2010 and 2011 and five-time team European Champion in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 20 ...

(born 1985), a Romanian épée fencer *

Stella Gherman Stella Ion Gherman (born 18 January 1974) is a Moldovan physicist and politician who served in the Parliament of Moldova from 2005 until 2009 as a member of the Party of Communists. Biography Stella Gherman was born on 18 January 1974 in the v ...

(born 1974), a Moldovan politician {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname Romanian-language surnames