Elfman Family History
Elfman Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Elfmann: habitational name for someone from a place called Elvede or Elbe. Americanized form of German Elfmann: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed of the elements alf ‘ghost’ + man ‘man’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Helfman .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022