NAJMAN Origin of surname
NAJMAN
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 an artificial (or ornamental) name (a made-up name often in compound of two words).
Najman is a Yiddish variant of the German Neumann, literally "new man".
It is assumed that some families adopted it to mark a new start in a strange town or country, whilst others took them because of phonetic similarities with a place name in "the old country". According to some experts the Jewish surnames in this group are based on the biblical Nachum, the 7th century BCE prophet of Judah, whose name means "comforter/consoler". In the 20th century Najman is recorded as a Jewish family name with the Yugoslav soldiers Nikola and Inz. Zlatko Najman who were captured by the Germans during World War II.
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 an artificial (or ornamental) name (a made-up name often in compound of two words).
Najman is a Yiddish variant of the German Neumann, literally "new man".
It is assumed that some families adopted it to mark a new start in a strange town or country, whilst others took them because of phonetic similarities with a place name in "the old country". According to some experts the Jewish surnames in this group are based on the biblical Nachum, the 7th century BCE prophet of Judah, whose name means "comforter/consoler". In the 20th century Najman is recorded as a Jewish family name with the Yugoslav soldiers Nikola and Inz. Zlatko Najman who were captured by the Germans during World War II.