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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (from Belarus) : of uncertain origin. Perhaps a nickname for a wicked person, from Hebrew Haman, pronounced homen by Ashkenazic Jews, the H then being altered to G under Russian influence. Haman is a personage in the biblical book of Esther.
  • German : variant of Gömann (see Gohman).

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