Family name origins & meanings
- German (Steckmann) : topographic name for someone who lived by a steep, narrow path, or by a plank bridge, from Middle Low German stēge ‘steep path’, ‘plank bridge’ + man ‘man’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably a nickname for a thin man, from German Stecken ‘stick’ + Mann ‘man’ (Yiddish man).