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Family name origins & meanings
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish male personal name Berman, meaning ‘bear man’.
- Respelling of German Bermann 1–3.
- English : occupational name for a porter, Middle English berman (Old English bærmann, from beran ‘to carry’ + mann ‘man’).
- English : possibly from a Middle English personal name, Ber(e)man, which may be derived from Old English Beornmund, composed of the elements beorn ‘young man’, ‘warrior’ + mund ‘protection’.