Gutermann History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Gutermann

What does the name Gutermann mean?

The surname Gutermann, which means "good man," was an honorary title often bestowed upon noblemen and vassals. In fact, a document from Gustow from 1306 uses the term "guder man" synonymously with vassal.

Early Origins of the Gutermann family

The surname Gutermann was first found in various regions of the Germanic empire where the name Gutermann gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. In 1251, a knight from Alsace was called Guotman "Bonus Vir" meaning "good man" in Latin. In Saxony and Silesia, Guttman was common as a knightly personal name. One such example was Sir Guthwin von Tristewitz, the name of a father and son who were recorded in 1285. The form Guttman, was preceded in that area by the form Gutwin, as can be seen from the from town called Guttmannsdorf, that was once called Gutwinsdorf. Early records from Liegnitz show a C. Gutwyn in 1381 and C. Guttman in 1547. The Low German form of the surname is Gutermann, and records for Offenberg show a Dietrich Guterman in 1352. Gutman was also sometimes used as a forename, as in Gutman Hevenler recorded in Freiburg in 1312, and Gutman Gut recorded in Sulz in 1413.

Early History of the Gutermann family

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Gutermann Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gutmann, Gutman, Guttman, Guterman, Gutermann and many more.

Early Notables of the Gutermann family

the Gutmann family of Bavaria, who were knights in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Gutermann family of Bavaria, who were made barons in the Holy Roman Empire in 1741...
Gutermann (1731-1807), the German authoress, said to have written the first novel in German by a woman...

Gutermann migration to the United States +

Gutermann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Sieg Gutermann, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 1

Sources +

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)