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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (Gusmán) : variant of Spanish Guzmán (see Guzman).
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a metalworker, from Yiddish gus ‘casting’ + man ‘man’.
  • Perhaps an altered spelling of German Güssmann (see Gussman).

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