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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Reitmann) : variant of Reitmeier or Reith 3.
  • Jewish (from Belarus) : from the northeastern Yiddish pronunciation of standard Yiddish royt ‘red’ + man ‘man’; a nickname for a person with red hair, or an ornamental name.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Yiddish raytn ‘to ride’ + man ‘man’, most probably an ornamental name.

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