Given name & surname
Westman
“west”·“man”
Westman is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in English and Swedish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Westman is built from elements meaning “west” and “man”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse vestmaðr, built from English west + man.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Westman’s family of names
Westman may belong to the same name family as Westmann. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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