The mann Surname
mann Name Meaning and History
- English, German, Dutch (De Mann), and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch man. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be ornamental.
- English and German: from a Germanic personal name, found in Old English as Manna. This originated either as a byname or else as a short form of a compound name containing this element, such as Hermann.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish male personal name Man (cognate with 1).
- Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Jat) and Sikh name of unknown meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Joseph Mann of Becket, MA : d. 1833 |
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| Daugther of Anderson Mann | Dorothy Young | 3 |
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| Susen Mann |
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| Eli Mann |
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| Louisa Mann Mains |
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| Eastern Canada | Lenore Mann | 5 |
| MANN Atacus 1899 1900 son of H L and A L Mann |
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| Charles Clark Mann | John Curtis Mann | 1 |
| Mann's Eastern Canada/England | Kim Mercedes Sarvas (Mann) | 13 |
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