The manheim Surname
manheim Name Meaning and History
Jewish (Ashkenazic), French (of German origin), and Dutch:
habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany
(formerly the residence of the electors Palatine), so named from the
Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2) + Old High
German heim ‘homestead’. Mannheim was not fortified or
chartered until the beginning of the 17th century, until which time it
was just a small fishing village.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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