# Coman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coman > Source revision: 1323954623 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{otheruses}} '''Coman''' is a surname. As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from [Irish Gaelic](/source/Irish_language) surname [Ó Comáin](/source/%C3%93_Com%C3%A1in). As a Romanian surname, it originated from the nickname literally meaning "[Cuman](/source/Cuman)".[Maria Cosniceanu](/source/Maria_Cosniceanu), [https://ibn.idsi.md/vizualizare_articol/25486 Nume de familie provenite de la etnonime (I)] ("Family Names Derived from Ethnonyms"), ''Philologia'', 2013, nr. 1-2(266), pp. 75-81 Notable people with the surname include: *[Anghei Coman](/source/Anghei_Coman), Romanian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1980s *[Carolyn Coman](/source/Carolyn_Coman), writer of children's books, living in South Hampton, New Hampshire *[Dănuț Coman](/source/D%C4%83nu%C8%9B_Coman) (born 1979), Romanian goalkeeper *[Dragoș Coman](/source/Drago%C8%99_Coman) (born 1980), international freestyle swimmer from Romania *[Florinel Coman](/source/Florinel_Coman) (born 1998), Romanian professional footballer *[Gabriela Coman](/source/Gabriela_Coman) (born 1959), Romanian volleyball player *[Gigel Coman](/source/Gigel_Coman) (born 1978), Romanian football player *[Gilly Coman](/source/Gilly_Coman) (1960–2010), British-based actress *[Herbert Coman](/source/Herbert_Coman) (1920–2009), American football player and coach *[Ioan Coman](/source/Ioan_Coman) (born 1908–date of death unknown), Romanian cross-country skier *[Ion Coman](/source/Ion_Coman) (born 1981), Romanian football player who currently plays as a striker *[Ion Coman (general)](/source/Ion_Coman_(general)) (born 1926), Romanian general *[Isabel Coman](/source/Isabel_Coman), British civil engineer *[Jamie Coman](/source/Jamie_Coman) (born 1962), Australian equestrian *[Katharine Coman](/source/Katharine_Coman) (1857–1915), social activist and economist *[Kingsley Coman](/source/Kingsley_Coman) (born 1996), French footballer *[Marius Coman](/source/Marius_Coman) (born 1996), Romanian professional footballer *[Martha Coman](/source/Martha_Coman) (1872–1959), American journalist *[Mike Coman](/source/Mike_Coman) (born 1987), New Zealand professional rugby player * Otilia Valeria Coman (born 1942), birth name of the Romanian poet and civil rights activist [Ana Blandiana](/source/Ana_Blandiana) *[Peter Coman](/source/Peter_Coman) (born 1943), former cricketer who played three One Day Internationals *[Robert Grimes Coman](/source/Robert_Grimes_Coman), Commodore in the United States Navy *[Simion Coman](/source/Simion_Coman) (1890–1971), Romanian Brigadier-General during World War II *[Thomas Coman](/source/Thomas_Coman), President of the New York City Board of Aldermen from 1868 to 1871 *[Teodor Coman](/source/Teodor_Coman) (born 1962), former Romanian rugby union football player *[Tiberiu Coman](/source/Tiberiu_Coman) (born 2002), Romanian professional footballer == See also == *{{intitle|Coman}} * [Comana (disambiguation)](/source/Comana_(disambiguation)) * [Comănescu (surname)](/source/Com%C4%83nescu_(surname)) ==References== {{reflist}} {{surname}} Category:Romanian-language surnames Category:Ethnonymic surnames Category:Anglicised Irish-language surnames --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Coman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.