Kornman Family History
Kornman Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Kornmann: occupational name for a grain merchant or for the manager of a granary from Middle High German korn ‘grain’ + man ‘man’. Compare Corman and Korman . Dutch: occupational name for a grain dealer Middle Dutch cornman. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kornmann an artificial or occupational name from German Korn ‘grain’ + Mann ‘man’. Compare 4 below. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial or occupational name from Yiddish korn ‘rye’ + man ‘man’. Compare 3 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022