Seaman Family History
Seaman Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Seman Semon (Old English Sǣmann composed of the elements sǣ ‘sea’ + mann ‘man’). The surname may have become confused with variants of Simon . English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name for a sailor from Middle English seman ‘sailor’ (Old English sǣmann) but the most common source of the name is Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Seemann . Americanized form of Rusyn Seman .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022