| ![Show Contents]() Friedemann History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of FriedemannWhat does the name Friedemann mean? The name Friedemann is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. Numerous Jewish surnames are ornamental surnames, which are names that have an ornamental value and are not necessarily related to the localities, occupations, nicknames or given names of the first person who used the name. However, ornamental names were often derived from elements that described locations or features of geography, animals and birds, occupations or personal names. The Ashkenazic Jewish name Friedemann is an ornamental name derived from the Yiddish word frid, which means peace. It was sometimes chosen as a translation of the Hebrew given name "Shelomo," of the same root as "Shalom," meaning 'peace.' Friedemann Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Frid, Freed, Fried, Friedeman, Friedemann, Friedman, Friedmann, Fridman, Fridmann, Friedler, Friediger, Friedlich, Fridnik, Fridberg, Friedberg, Friedenberg, Fridenberg, Friedfertig, Friedgut, Friedhaber, Friedheim, Friedhof, Friede, Friedenreich, Friedstein, Friedenstein, Friedstein, Friedental, Friedenthal, Fridwald and many more.
| Friedemann migration to the United States | + |
Friedemann Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Anton Friedemann, who arrived in 1767
Friedemann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Eva Barb Friedemann, who settled in New York, NY in 1848
- Moritz Friedemann, who landed in New York in 1850 1
- Samuel Friedemann, who arrived in America in 1856 1
- Levi Friedemann, who arrived in America in 1857 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Friedemann (post 1700) | + |
- Friedemann Riehle (b. 1959), German conductor, former managing director of the Prague Opera Ball for the Prague State Opera
- Friedemann Paul Erhardt (1943-2007), German American pioneering early television chef
- Friedemann Mattern (b. 1955), German computer scientist
- Friedemann Fromm (b. 1963), German director of short films, documentaries, made-for-TV films and the occasional feature since the mid-'80s
- Friedemann Layer, German director in Berlin
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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