Armani is an Italian surname derived from the Germanic name Herman and means "army man" or "soldier", from hari, army, and man. As a first name it owes everything to the designer Giorgio Armani, whose fashion house made the word a byword for elegance in the 1980s and 1990s. Armani has been in the US top 1000 since 2000, peaked at number 359 in 2020 and ranks number 495 in 2025.