The inman Surname
inman Name Meaning and History
English: occupational name for a keeper of a lodging house, Middle
English innmann, from Old English inn ‘abode’, ‘lodging’
+ mann ‘man’. Until recently there was in England a technical
distinction between an inn, where lodgings were available as well as
alcoholic beverages, and a tavern, which offered only the latter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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