Kesselman Family History
Kesselman Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a coppersmith or maker of copper cooking vessels from German Kessel ‘kettle cauldron’ with the addition of Mann (Yiddish man) ‘man’. Americanized form of German Kesselmann: habitational name with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’ from any of several places called Kessel in Bavaria Rhineland Pomerania or Silesia (see Kessel ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022