Rissman Family History
Rissman Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Rissmann: topographic name from Middle Low German risch ‘reed’ or a habitational name for someone from a place called Risse (from riss ‘swamp’) near Hamburg. Americanized form of South German Rissmann: variant of Riss
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022