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Updated June 9, 2019

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.

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