Hermann

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Also Romansh:
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=82
http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Hermann
https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=ann-001%3A1978%3A91%3A%3A13

Also Estonian: https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/

Hermann is another name for Arminius, a former Roman commander who, after discovering he was a Germanic who was captured during his youth years, betrayed Rome and saved Germany from being a part of Rome during the Battle of Teutoburg, resulting in Roman forces withdrawing from Germania.

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What's sad is that post-WW2 Germany has omitted Arminius from history for being a symbol of nationalism, even though he was the liberator of Germany. In fact, the Battle of Teutoburg was one of the biggest turning points in history.

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Without Arminius, Germany would've been Romanized; having some new Romance Languages dominating the land and having the German culture replaced by Roman culture. History would've been much different too.

Hermann Fegelein was a general of the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany.

Reminds me of a hermit.

Famous bearer is Hermann Hesse, a German novelist. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Hermann van Pels and his family were hiding with Anne Frank and her family.