The talmadge Surname
talmadge Name Meaning and History
- English: metonymic occupational name for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche ‘knapsack’ (a word of uncertain origin).
- Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames. Compare Talmage.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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