The lehmann Surname
lehmann Name Meaning and History
- German: status name for a feudal tenant or vassal, Middle High German leheman, lenman (from lehen ‘to hold land as a feudal tenant’ + man ‘man’). The tenant held land on loan for the duration of his life in return for rent or service, but was not free to transfer or divide it.
- Jewish (western Ashkenazic): from an identical Jewish personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Leo 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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