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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of German Dermann, probably from an old personal name composed with Old High German dart ‘spear’ + man ‘man’.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German der Mann ‘the man’.

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