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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Norfolk) : from a medieval continuation of the Old English personal name Sǣmann, composed of the elements ‘sea’ + mann ‘man’.
  • English : occupational name for a sailor.
  • Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Seemann.

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