Flaxman Family History

Flaxman Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman.

English: occupational name from Middle English flaxman, flexman, for someone who grew, sold, or treated flax for weaving into linen cloth. Compare Flax .

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Flachsmann: from Middle High German vlahs, German Flachs ‘flax’ + -man, of the same meaning as 1 above. Among Jews the name may have been acquired as an artificial name.

Similar surnames:

Flaxman,

Flax

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Russia

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