On the Name Herrnann

I don’t know the word Hermann, but from its components it ought to mean something like what you said. (her = towards, e.g. Her zu mir!) But that is irrelevant to the name Herrman. The components of Herrmann are Herr + mann. I have very little knowledge of historical Germanic linguistics, so I can’t say which out of the current meanings of words derived from Herr is the original meaning. As far as I know the name occurs in every Germanic language. So in Dutch there is heer, meaning master or lord: the title of address Mijnheer, Mhr. (= German mein Herr); heerlijk meaning impressively attractive, lovely, very nice; heerlijkheid meaning splendour or glory; heerszuchtig meaning imperious; heersen meaning to rule; heerszucht meaning lust for power. Similar in Friesian. In German there is Herr meaning master or lord; herrlich meaning much the same as Dutch heerlijk; herrlichkeit meaning much the same as Dutch heerlijkheit. I would guess from the current range of meanings that the original meaning is illustrious, but that is only a guess. It could have been mastery or rulership. I would also guess on the basis of analogy with other names that the name Herrmann was originally a title, but that is only a guess too. Anyway the national hero of the Friesians didn’t get his name or title from calling out “Over this way!”.