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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German frei ‘free’ + Mann ‘man’.
  • German (Freimann) : status name in the feudal system for a free man as opposed to a bondman or serf (see Freier).

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