SCHOENMANN Origin of surname
SCHOENMANN
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a personal characteristic or nickname.
Schoen means "beautiful/handsome" in German, and Mann is the German term for "man".
As part of a Jewish name, Schoen is in some cases an acronym (a name created from the initial letters of a Hebrew phrase, and which refers to a relative, lineage or occupation) of the Hebrew 'Shaliah Neeman', meaning "the trusted representative of the community".
The Jewish family name Schoen can also indicate a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. Schoen can also be linked to several German place names , ranging from Schoeneich in Wurttemberg, and Schoenau in the Black Forest, to Grosschoenau (in Czech, Velky Senov) in northern Bohemia, and Schoenbach (in Czech, Lubey) in western Bohemia, to Schoening on the Elm in Braunschweig, lower Saxony.
A similar name linked to beautiful/handsome persons is Schoenkind ("fair child"), which was eventually translated into the English Fairchild. Both names are associated with the biblical Joseph, one of whose 'kinnu'im' (bynames) was 'Elem Tov', that is "good child". Mann, the second part of Schoenmann,can be an abbreviation of the biblical Manasse or Menachem. Schoenmann is recorded as a Jewish family name in the 15th century in Erfurt in Germany. In the 20th century, Schoenmann is documented as a Jewish family name during World War II with Adolf Schoenmann of Muenchen, Germany, who perished in the German death camp at Theresienstadt in 1942.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a personal characteristic or nickname.
Schoen means "beautiful/handsome" in German, and Mann is the German term for "man".
As part of a Jewish name, Schoen is in some cases an acronym (a name created from the initial letters of a Hebrew phrase, and which refers to a relative, lineage or occupation) of the Hebrew 'Shaliah Neeman', meaning "the trusted representative of the community".
The Jewish family name Schoen can also indicate a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. Schoen can also be linked to several German place names , ranging from Schoeneich in Wurttemberg, and Schoenau in the Black Forest, to Grosschoenau (in Czech, Velky Senov) in northern Bohemia, and Schoenbach (in Czech, Lubey) in western Bohemia, to Schoening on the Elm in Braunschweig, lower Saxony.
A similar name linked to beautiful/handsome persons is Schoenkind ("fair child"), which was eventually translated into the English Fairchild. Both names are associated with the biblical Joseph, one of whose 'kinnu'im' (bynames) was 'Elem Tov', that is "good child". Mann, the second part of Schoenmann,can be an abbreviation of the biblical Manasse or Menachem. Schoenmann is recorded as a Jewish family name in the 15th century in Erfurt in Germany. In the 20th century, Schoenmann is documented as a Jewish family name during World War II with Adolf Schoenmann of Muenchen, Germany, who perished in the German death camp at Theresienstadt in 1942.