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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of German Homann.
  • English : variant of Holman. This surname has been in Ireland since the 17th century.
  • Dutch : status name from Middle Dutch hovetman, hooftman ‘head man’, ‘leader’, ‘adviser’.
  • Dutch : variant of Hoffman 2.
  • Slovenian : unexplained.

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