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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : of uncertain origin, perhaps from Yiddish nir or German Niere ‘kidney’ + German Mann ‘man’. This surname is now well established in Mexico.
  • Respelling of German Niermann.

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