Fetterman Family History
Fetterman Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Vettermann: variant of Vetter with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’. Americanized form of German Fettermann: variant of Fetter 1 with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’. It is a cognate of 1 above. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fat man a variant of Fetter
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022