Given name & surname · also Yiddish
Altman
“one who is prudent; an old man”
Altman is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who is prudent; an old man.”
Original GermanAltmann
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who is prudent; an old man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Yiddish.
How it developed
Its Yiddish formation brings together alt (“old”) and man (“man”).
Altman’s family of names
Altman has a related form in Alterman. Altman has a related form in Altermann. In German usage, Altman has a related form in Altmann.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Altman has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Altman comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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