Barman or its variants Burman (Bengali: বর্মন, Hindi: बर्मन, Pali: बामण), Varman (Sanskrit: वर्मन्), (Punjabi ਬਰਮਨ), Varma, Verma (Kannada: ವರ್ಮ, Malayalam: വര്മ, Tamil: வர்மன், Telugu: వర్మ), are surnames used in the Indian subcontinent.
In Sanskrit language, Varma (Sanskrit: वर्मा) is the masculine form of the word for "Armour".
Barman was the surname used by members of the Cochin, Travancore, Tripura and other royal families.
The surname was also used by Vajravarman a scribe from the family of Siddha Kabiraj of Varma kalai mentioned in the Talamanchi grant of Vikramāditya I of Bādāmi (660 A.D.).
In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:[1] Notable people with the surname include: