Springman Family History
Springman Name Meaning
Americanized form of South German Springmann: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Spring Springe Springen or Sprink. Americanized form of North German Springmann: occupational name for an acrobat or tumbler from Middle Low German springen sprengen ‘to jump or leap’ + man ‘man’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Springer from Yiddish shpringen ‘to jump’ + man ‘man’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022