Last name: HAYMAN

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HAYMAN : This last name is indexed 36,528 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

HAYMAN : 1: English: topographic name probably from Middle English hai(e) hei(e) ‘enclosure’ (Old English (ge)hæg) denoting a dweller by an enclosure (see Hay 2 ) or else a nickname for a ‘keeper of the enclosure’ (compare Hayward).2: English: nickname for a tall man from Middle English heigh high(e) (Old English hēah); see also Hay 3.3: English: occupational name for a seller of hay from Middle English hai hei (Old English hēg hīg).4: Jewish: variant of Heiman.5: Americanized form of German Haymann: unexplained.6: Probably also an Americanized form of German Heymann or Dutch Heyman.

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