Given name & surname · also German
Ammann
“bailiff, official”
Ammann is a surname from German, ultimately from Alemannic German.
Original GermanAmtmann
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ammann goes back to a word meaning “bailiff, official.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ammann comes from German, and ultimately from Alemannic German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ammann’s family of names
In German usage, Ammann has a later derivative in AMEN. In English usage, Ammann as a surname has a related form in AMANN. In German usage, Ammann as a surname has a related form in AMTMANN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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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