Given name & surname
Lehman
“one who rents; a tenant”
Lehman is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who rents; a tenant.”
Original GermanLehmann
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who rents; a tenant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lehman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 974
- 974 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 451 as a first name in 2020; 31,533 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lehman’s family of names
Lehman has a related form in Lehmann. In German usage, Lehman as a surname has a related form in Lehmann.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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