Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a grower or mower of grass, from Middle High German höu ‘grass’, ‘hay’ + man ‘man’, German Heu + Mann.
  • German : from a pet form of the Germanic personal name Hago or a variant of Heinemann.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe