Pronunciation
Kol-mawn
Meaning
Little dove
Alternate spellings
Colman
Fun fact
Colmán is a little form of Colm, meaning dove. There have been a lot of early Irish saints with this name, including those associated with Cloyne, Dromore and Kilmacduagh. So it has a nature meaning and a saintly history too.
Popularity in Ireland
Figures for the spelling Colmán, Republic of Ireland.
The CSO only publishes names given to three or more babies in a year. “Less than 3” means zero, one or two babies, and these years appear as gaps on the graph.
Less than 3Babies registered in 2025; no ranking shown
Number of babies registered each year
From 2018, spellings with and without fadas are counted separately. Earlier figures group these spellings together, so the graph has a break at 2018.
View yearly figures
| Year | Babies named | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2024 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2023 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2022 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2021 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2020 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2019 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2018 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2017 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2016 | 6 | #491 |
| 2015 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2014 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2013 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2012 | 4 | #616 |
| 2011 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2010 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2009 | 4 | #604 |
| 2008 | 3 | #698 |
| 2007 | 3 | #629 |
| 2006 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2005 | 3 | #518 |
| 2004 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2003 | 3 | #500 |
| 2002 | 6 | #313 |
| 2001 | 4 | #347 |
| 2000 | 3 | #390 |
| 1999 | 3 | #379 |
| 1998 | 3 | #369 |
| 1997 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1996 | 6 | #276 |
| 1995 | 5 | #281 |
| 1994 | 5 | #263 |
| 1993 | 4 | #302 |
| 1992 | 4 | #298 |
| 1991 | 8 | #216 |
| 1990 | 5 | #256 |
| 1989 | 4 | #278 |
| 1988 | 3 | #319 |
| 1987 | 10 | #197 |
| 1986 | 5 | #256 |
| 1985 | 8 | #207 |
| 1984 | 9 | #205 |
| 1983 | 14 | #178 |
| 1982 | 3 | #330 |
| 1981 | 7 | #239 |
| 1980 | 10 | #213 |
| 1979 | 8 | #228 |
| 1978 | 9 | #212 |
| 1977 | 13 | #184 |
| 1976 | 15 | #181 |
| 1975 | 10 | #210 |
| 1974 | 14 | #185 |
| 1973 | 11 | #200 |
| 1972 | 23 | #143 |
| 1971 | 23 | #140 |
| 1970 | 9 | #197 |
| 1969 | 16 | #146 |
| 1968 | 15 | #146 |
| 1967 | 11 | #164 |
| 1966 | 12 | #150 |
| 1965 | 16 | #129 |
| 1964 | 17 | #125 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies’ Names, tables VSA50 and VSA60. Latest year: 2025.