Coman is a surname.
As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from
Irish Gaelic
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigeno ...
surname
Ó Comáin
The Irish language, Irish surname Ó Comáin is rooted in an Irish chiefdom. Its anglicised forms include Comain(e), Coman, Comeens, Comin(s), Commane, Comman(s), Commin(s), Common(s), Commyn, Comyn(e), Cowman(s), Cummane, Cumings, Cummin(s), ...
.
As a Romanian surname, it originated from the nickname literally meaning "
Cuman
The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Rus' chronicles, as " ...
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Maria Cosniceanu Maria Cosniceanu (born February 4, 1935) is a Moldovan linguist, with interests in onomastics.
She was born in the village of Temeleuți, Florești, then Soroca County (Romania). Graduating from the Philology Department of the Chișinău State U ...
Nume de familie provenite de la etnonime (I) ("Family Names Derived from Ethnonyms"), ''Philologia'', 2013, nr. 1-2(266), pp. 75-81
Notable people with the surname include:
* Anghei Coman, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1980s
* Carolyn Coman, writer of children's books, living in South Hampton, New Hampshire
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Dănuț Coman
Dănuț Dumitru Coman (born 28 March 1979) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently the president of Liga II club Argeș Pitești.
Coman started out as a senior at FC Argeș in the 1997–98 season and also played ...
(born 1979), Romanian goalkeeper
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DragoÈ™ Coman
DragoÅŸ Coman (born 16 October 1980 in Bucharest) is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.
A year earlier, at the Europe ...
(born 1980), international freestyle swimmer from Romania
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Florinel Coman
Florinel Teodor Coman (; born 10 April 1998) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Winger, winger for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa SC, Al-Gharafa, and the Romania national ...
(born 1998), Romanian professional footballer
* Gabriela Coman (born 1959), Romanian volleyball player
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Gigel Coman
Gigel Coman (born 4 October 1978) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a winger, currently sporting director at Liga II club Metaloglobus București.
Club career
Coman made his professional debut at FC Naţional București in 1996 ...
(born 1978), Romanian football player
* Gilly Coman (1960–2010), British-based actress
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Herbert Coman
J. Herbert Coman (October 20, 1920 – July 13, 2009) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Asheville (then known as Asheville-Biltmore College) from 1947 to 1950.
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(1920–2009), American football player and coach
* Ioan Coman (born 1908–date of death unknown), Romanian cross-country skier
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Ion Coman
Ion Cornel Coman (born 13 July 1981) is a Romanian football player who plays for Precizia Săcele as a striker.
He started his senior career in his home town, Braşov. After his loan to Forex Braşov from FC Brașov, the Forex administratio ...
(born 1981), Romanian football player who currently plays as a striker
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Ion Coman (general)
Ion Coman (born 25 March 1926) is a Romanian retired lieutenant general who served as Chief of the Romanian General Staff
The Chief of General Staff () is the highest professional military authority in the Romanian Armed Forces. He is appoi ...
(born 1926), Romanian general
* Jamie Coman (born 1962), Australian equestrian
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Katharine Coman
Katharine Ellis Coman (November 23, 1857 – January 11, 1915) was an American social activist and professor. She was based at the women-only Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she created new courses in political economy, in line with her ...
(1857–1915), social activist and distinguished economist
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Kingsley Coman
Kingsley Junior Coman (; born 13 June 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Bayern Munich and the France national team.
Trained at Paris Saint-Germain's academy, Coman moved to Juventus in 2014 on the expir ...
(born 1996), French footballer
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Marius Coman
Marius Cătălin Coman (born 31 July 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Sepsi OSK.Martha Coman (1872–1959), American journalist
* Mike Coman (born 1987), New Zealand professional rugby player
* Otilia Valeria Coman (born 1942), birth name of the Romanian poet and civil rights activist
Ana Blandiana
Ana Blandiana (; pen name of Otilia Valeria Coman; born 25 March 1942) is a Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure. She took her name after Blandiana, near Vințu de Jos, Alba County, her mother's home village.
In October 2017, she was ...
* Peter Coman (born 1943), former cricketer who played three One Day Internationals
* Robert Grimes Coman, Commodore in the United States Navy
* Simion Coman (1890–1971), Romanian Brigadier-General during World War II
* Thomas Coman, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen from 1868 to 1871
* Teodor Coman (born 1962), former Romanian rugby union football player
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Tiberiu Coman
Tiberiu Mihai Coman (born 4 January 2002), is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as forward for Liga I side CS Mioveni, on loan from Star Sport Argeș. In his career, Coman also played for Rapid II București, Unirea Bascov
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