Family name origins & meanings
- English : from the Old English personal name Dēormann, composed of Old English dēor (see Dear) + mann ‘man’. This surname became established in Ireland in the 17th century; sometimes it is found as a variant of Dornan.
- German (Dormann) : occupational name for a doorkeeper or gatekeeper or topographic name for someone who lived by the gate of a town or city. Compare Dorer, Dorwart.
- Hungarian (Dormán) : from the old secular personal name Dormán.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained.