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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • altered spelling of German Brotmann, an occupational name for a baker and peddler of breads and pastries, from Middle High German brōt ‘bread’ + man ‘man’.
  • Jewish Ashkenazic : cognate of 1, from German Brot ‘bread’ + Mann ‘man’.

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