Wesselmann Family History
Wesselmann Name Meaning
German:: elaborated form of Wessel . habitational name for someone from Wessel in Westphalia or Wesseln near Hildesheim. from a pet form of the personal name Werner which in the forms Wessela and Wessle is also recorded as a female and a Jewish personal name in the Middle Ages. occupational name for a trader or moneychanger from Middle Low German wessele ‘trade’ ‘exchange’ + man ‘man’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022