The jackman Surname
jackman Name Meaning and History
- English: occupational name for the servant of someone who bore the personal name Jack.
- English: Americanized form of French Jacquème (see James).
- Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
- Americanized spelling of German Jachmann or Jackmann, from a Czech pet form of a name ultimately from the Biblical name Yochanam (see John) + Middle High German man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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