Given name & surname

Waterman

Waterman is a surname. It is used in English and Spanish.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

Built from English water + man.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Waterman’s family of names

In English usage, Waterman as a surname has a related form in WASSERMANN.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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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