English: occupational name for the servant of a man called
Wa(l)ter (see Water 1).
English and Dutch:
occupational name for a boatman or a water carrier, or a topographic
name for someone who lived by a stretch of water (see Water 2).
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Wasserman(n), an occupational name for a water-carrier. Compare
2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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