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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Kurmann) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for an inspector of food, wine, etc., derived from Middle High German kiesen ‘to choose, test, or inspect’. Compare Kyser.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : possibly from German Kur, Yiddish kur ‘cure’, presumably a nickname for some sort of healer.

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