# Gorman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gorman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,788 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,100 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,713 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (31,285 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormáin (“descendant of Gormán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gorm (“dark blue; noble”). Compare O'Gorman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gorman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gorman in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan.

## People named Gorman

- Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist (born 1998)
- Burn Gorman, British actor (born 1974)
- Cliff Gorman, American actor (1936-2002)
- Margaret Gorman, American beauty queen, Miss America winner (1905–1995)
- James P. Gorman, American businessman, chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley
- James Gorman, American sport shooter (1859–1929)
- Tom Gorman, American tennis player
- Charles Gorman, actor (1865-1928)
- Melissa Gorman, Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion
- Willis A. Gorman, American general, politician and lawyer (1816-1876)
- Arthur Pue Gorman, American politician and baseball player (1839-1906)
- John R. Gorman, American Catholic bishop

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Garman, German, Germain, Germany, Germann, Germano, Germaine, Garmon, Geronimo, Greenman, Greening, Grennan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.