Forman Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Forman is one more way Foreman has been written over the centuries. The family name meaning is “Leader, or swineherd”, the same as for Foreman.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Forman, so the heraldry linked to Foreman is a starting point, not an automatic right.

A variant of Foreman

Forman drops the “e” of Foreman, a simplification that clerks often made. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

The 2010 census count for Forman in the United States was 11,894, good for rank 3,015. 146 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Forman name at birth. For the full story, order the Forman surname pack.