Meaning and Origin of: Newman

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Newcomer

Boy name variations

Neuman
Neumann
Numen
Newmie

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname for a newcomer to a place, from Middle English newe ‘new’ + man ‘man’. This form has also absorbed several European cognates with the same meaning, for example Neumann. (For other forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)

Famous people with this last name

Laraine Newman
Paul Newman