The hayman Surname
hayman Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for a man who lived by an enclosure, from Middle English hay (see Hay 1) + man. The term was in many cases effectively a synonym for Hayward.
- English: nickname for a tall man (see Hay 2).
- English: occupational name for the servant of someone called Hai (see Hay 3), with man in the sense ‘servant’.
- English: occupational name for someone who sold hay.
- Jewish: variant of Heiman.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Hamann or Heumann.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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