Smallman Family History
Smallman Name Meaning
English:: nickname for a small or skinny person from Middle English smal ‘small narrow’ + -man. status name from Middle English smal(e)man apparently a feudal term denoting an order of medieval peasantry. The term is evidenced in the phrase de Tainis et Dreinis et Smalemannis (‘of thanes and drengs and smallmen’) which occurs in 1130 in relation to Durham.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022