Ferman is a German surname and a Turkish given name. The surname is a variation of Fehrmann, meaning "ferryman". The given name is derived from the Turkish word for "edict", borrowed from the Persian Farmaan or Fermaan (Persian: فرمان farmân).
Notable people with the name include:
Surname: Daan Ferman (1909–1969), Dutch rower Edward L. Ferman (born 1937), American writer and publisher Grunia Movschovitch Ferman (1916–2004), Polish resistance fighter, nurse, businesswoman, and Holocaust remembrance activist James Ferman (1930–2002), American film and theatre director Joseph W. Ferman (1906–1974), Lithuanian-American science fiction publisher Polly Ferman (born 1944), Uruguayan pianist, classical musician, music director and producer Risa Vetri Ferman (born 1965), American lawyer
Given name: Ferman Akgül (born 1979), Turkish songwriter Fermán Cienfuegos (born 1947), Salvadoran communist Farman Salmanov (1931–2007), Soviet geologist