The wortman Surname
wortman Name Meaning and History
- English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of vegetables or of medicinal herbs and spices, from Middle English wurt, wort ‘plant’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a reliable person who could be trusted to keep his word, from Yiddish vort, German Wort ‘word’ + man, Mann ‘man’.
- Americanized spelling of German Wortmann.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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