Family name origins & meanings
- English : from the Middle English personal name Wymund, Old English Wīgmund (composed of the elements wīg ‘war’ + mund ‘protection’), reinforced by the cognate Old Norse form Vígmundr, introduced by Scandinavian settlers in northern England.
- John Wyman, from Hertfordshire, England, was one of the founders of Woburn, MA, in 1640.