Last name: RICHMAN

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RICHMAN : This last name is indexed 18,759 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

RICHMAN : 1: English: from the Middle English personal name Richeman either from an unrecorded Old English Rīcmann or from a pet form of Richard + the hypocoristic suffix -man. The name was sometimes interchangeable with Rickman especially in recent times.2: English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English riche ‘rich powerful’ + -man. Compare Rich.3: English: perhaps a variant of Richmond or vice versa.4: Americanized form of German Richmann: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements rīc ‘power(ful)’ + man ‘man’.

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