Colman

Colmán or Colman is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Saints

• Colman of Templeshambo (died 595), Abbot of Templeshambo
• Colmán Elo (555–611), founder and first abbot of Muckamore, also regarded as the Bishop of Connor
• Colman of Cloyne, 6th-century bishop of Cloyne
• Colman of Dromore, 6th-century bishop of Dromore
• Colman of Ardboe, 6th-century founder of Ardboe Monastery
• Colman of Kilmacduagh, 7th-century bishop of Kilmacduagh
• Colmán of Kilroot, contemporary of St. Ailbe
• Colmán of Lindisfarne (died 676), Bishop of Lindisfarne
• Colmán of Lann, patron saint of Lann
• St. Colman (martyr), 7th century companion of St Kilian and St Totnan
• Coloman of Stockerau (Colmán) (died 1012), Irish pilgrim martyred in Austria
• Columbanus (died 615), Irish missionary

Other

• Colmán Bec (died c. 585), Irish dynast
• Colmán mac Cobthaig (died c. 622), Irish king
• Colmán mac Lénéni (died c. 606), Irish poet
• Colmán Már (died c. 557), Irish dynast
• Colmán Rímid (died c. 612), Irish king
• Colman nepos Cracavist (fl. c. 800), Hiberno-Latin poet
• Colman Domingo (born 1969), American actor, writer, director
• Colman O'Donovan (1927–2025), Irish hurler

Surname

• Colman (surname)

Places

• Colman, South Dakota, United States, a city
• Arthurstown (Irish: Colmán), County Wexford, Ireland, a village

Other uses

• Colman's, a British mustard manufacturer
• Colman, sequel to Monica Furlong's Wise Child novel

See also

• St Colman's (disambiguation)
• Coleman (disambiguation)
• Colm
• Kolman, a Slavic name sometimes transliterated as Colman
• Coloman, an ancient Germanic name
• Kálmán, a Hungarian surname and given name
• List of Irish-language given names