Weidmann
| Weidmann, Weidman |
| Family name |
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| Meaning |
1. German: die Weide means "pasture, meadow", also "willow"
2. MHG/mhd. weideman "huntsman, fisherman"
3. Jewish given name "Widder", Judaic hypocristic form of "Avigdor". |
| Region of origin |
Germany, Austria, Russia, Israel (Hebrew: ויידמן) |
| Language(s) of origin |
German |
| Related names |
Weydmann, Waidmann, etc.
- Similar formed names
- Weide, Weiden, Weidl, Weider, Weidler, Weidner, Weidlich, Weidig, Weidinger, Weidauer
- Weidemann (Weideman)
- Weidenmann (Weidenman)
- Weitmann (Weitman)[1]
- Wiedmann (Wiedman)
- Wiedemann (Wiedeman)
- Weidemeyer (Weidemaier), Weidenmayer
- Weidenbach
- Weidenbaum (means "willow tree")
- Weidenfeld
- Weidhaas, Weidhase, Weidehaas
- Weidenmüller
- Weidenreich
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Weidmann (or Weidman) is a German surname meaning "hunter". It may refer to:
- Charles Weidman (1901–1975), American modern dancer, choreographer and teacher
- Eugen Weidmann (1908–1939), a German convict who was the last to be publicly executed in France
- Franz Seraph Weidmann (1790, Vienna - 1867, Vienna), Austrian actor, poet, dramatist and topographer, nephew of Paul Weidmann[2]
- Jens Weidmann (born 1968), president of Deutsche Bundesbank[3]
- Jerome Weidman (1913–1998), Jewish American playwright and novelist
- Joachim Weidmann (born 1939), German mathematician[4]
- Jodi Weidmann-Sparks,.....
- John Weidman, American librettist and staff writer for Sesame Street
- Karl Weidmann (born 1931), Swiss rower[5]
- Kurt Weidmann (born 1937), Hessian politician[6]
- Manfred Weidmann (born 1945) German footballer[7]
- Moritz Georg Weidmann
- Paul Weidmann (1744–1801), Austrian writer[9]
- Thure Weidman (1789–1828), bishop[10]
Vaidman
See also
- Related surnames