Colman

Not to be confused with Coleman (disambiguation).

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

Medieval Irish people

• 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

Saints

• Colman of Templeshambo (died 595), Abbot of Templeshambo
• Colmán Elo (died 611) of the moccu Béognae
• 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

Given name

• Colman Domingo (born 1969), American actor, writer, director
• Colman O'Donovan (1927–2025), Irish hurler

Surname

• Colman (surname)

Other

• Colman's, a British mustard manufacturer
• Colman, South Dakota, city in Moody County, South Dakota, United States
• Arthurstown, County Wexford, Ireland, a village
• St Colman's College, Claremorris, County Mayo
• St Colman's College, Newry, County Down
• Colman, the sequel to the late Monica Furlong's Wise Child novel

See also

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