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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Old English personal name Wǣrmund, composed of the elements wǣr ‘pledge’ + mund ‘protection’.
  • English : alternatively, perhaps an occupational name for a merchant or trader, from Middle English ware ‘wares’, ‘articles of trade’ + man ‘man’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably an ornamental name from German wahr ‘true’ or warm ‘warm’ + Mann ‘man’.
  • This name is also found in Swedish, as is Varman, both probably of German origin.

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