Given name & surname
Kaufman
“a merchant”
Kaufman is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a merchant.”
Original GermanKauffmann
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a merchant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
Kaufman’s family of names
In English usage, Kaufman as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Chapman. Kaufman has a related form in Kauffman. Kaufman has a related form in Kauffmann.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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