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Across the world, Кауфманн (Kaufmann , Кауфманн ) is a rare mostly male, but seldom girly forename. The first name Кауфманн is habitual in Switzerland, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, Austria, where it is a rare masculine name, and Italy, where it is a very rare male name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. Much more prevalently, Кауфманн is the last name as well as the forename.
Кауфманн is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kaufmann , the operatic character in the opera Jakob Lenz by Wolfgang Rihm.