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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Sephardic and Ashkenazic) : variant of Neeman, a status name meaning ‘treasurer’.
  • Dutch and North German (Nemann) : variant of Nieman ‘newcomer’.
  • Muslim : perhaps from a personal name based on Arabic nu‘mān ‘blood’. Nu‘mān was the name borne by the kings of Hirah in Arabia. It was the name of one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, also the surname of Abu Hanifa

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