Rosman Family History

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from South German Ross ‘horse’, hence an occupational name for a breeder or keeper of horses or perhaps a nickname for someone thought to resemble a horse or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a horse. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Rose 3 with the addition of man ‘man’. German and Slovenian: variant spelling of German Rossmann or its Slovenian form Rozman.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press