Colman Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Behind the Colman surname stands Coleman, an English and Irish name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

Without the “e” of Coleman, Colman is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Arms linked to Coleman and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Colman surname pack.