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 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. Americanized form of 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 personal name Dormán. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Tall, beautiful, God's chosen, exiled ones. Notable people with the surname include:

People

 * Andy Dorman (born 1982), Welsh football (soccer) player
 * Angela Dohrmann, American television actress
 * Arabella Dorman (born 1965), British artist
 * Sir Arthur Dorman, 1st Baronet (1848–1931), British industrialist, founder of Dorman Long
 * Avner Dorman (born 1975), Israeli contemporary composer
 * Dave Dorman (born 1958), American science fiction and fantasy illustrator
 * David Dorman (born 1954), American telecommunications executive, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc.
 * Eric Dorman-Smith (1895–1969), British Army officer
 * Henry Dorman (1916-1998), American politician and lawyer
 * Isaiah Dorman (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 (1902–1993), British diplomat, served as Governors-General of Sierra Leone and Malta
 * Orloff M. Dorman (1809–1879), justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
 * Peter Dorman, American epigraphist, philologist, and cultural anthropologist
 * Reginald Dorman-Smith (1899–1977), British diplomat, soldier and politician, UK Minister of Agriculture
 * Robert Dorman (1859–1937), Irish socialist activist
 * Sonya Dorman (1924–2005), American poet
 * Thomas Dorman, English Catholic theologian of the sixteenth century
 * Dorman (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.

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, sometimes romanized as "Dorman"
 * Dormans, a French commune
 * Dormanstown, area of Redcar, North Yorkshire

Things

 * Dorman raspberry