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 Cosmin Gherman (born 25 April 1984), is a Romanian futsal player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Play ...

(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 Marius Costel Gherman (born 14 July 1967) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1988 Olympic Games and at the 1992 Olympic Games. His best event was the horizontal bar for which he medaled bronze at the 1988 Olympic Ga ...

(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