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The berman Surname

berman Name Meaning and History

  1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish male personal name Berman, meaning ‘bear man’.
  2. Respelling of German Bermann 1–3.
  3. English: occupational name for a porter, Middle English berman (Old English bærmann, from beran ‘to carry’ + mann ‘man’).
  4. English: possibly from a Middle English personal name, Ber(e)man, which may be derived from Old English Beornmund, composed of the elements beorn ‘young man’, ‘warrior’ + mund ‘protection’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of berman Families in the US in 1920
Number of berman families
 535-1068
 179-534		 1-178
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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