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.