Harman is of Germanic origin, derived from 'Hermann', which consists of the elements 'heri' meaning 'army' and 'mann' signifying 'man'. It was popularized by the Frankish king Charlemagne's advisor Hermann who was later known as St. Herman.
The name Harman experienced fluctuations in popularity over the years, with several periods of high and low usage. Between 1880 and 1969, there were only nine years with more than five births each year, while from 1970 onwards, this occurred in 25 out of 53 years. The most popular years recently were 2005 (31 births) and 2017 (22 births), suggesting a renewed interest in the name Harman in more recent times. Overall, there have been a total of 1034 births with the name Harman since 1880.