Cotman Family History
Cotman Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire): variant of Cottman . Americanized form of German Kothmann Kottmann (see Kottman ) or Kathmann (see Kathman ). Slovenian: nickname from dialect cota ‘rag cloth’ + man ‘man’ a suffix of German origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022