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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German and Swiss German (Gartmann) : occupational name for a gardener (see Gartner); in some cases it may refer to the owner of a small (enclosed or fenced) farm or a worker at a deer preserve (see Garth).
  • South German and Swiss German (Gartmann) : habitational name from Garte near Osnabrück.

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