Given name & surname

Ackerman

“field”

Ackerman is a surname.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ackerman goes back to a word meaning “field.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Middle English acker (“field”) + English -man.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ackerman’s family of names

In German usage, Ackerman as a surname has a related form in ACKERMANN. In Afrikaans usage, Ackerman as a surname has a related form in ACKERMANN. In English usage, Ackerman as a surname has a related form in OCKERMAN.

Walk Ackerman’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Ackerman has relatives in 4 languages.

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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