| ![Show Contents]() Rothmann History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
Israel
Etymology of RothmannWhat does the name Rothmann mean? The surname Rothmann is what is known as a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. This particular surname comes from the German word 'rot,' which means red. Therefore, someone who had red hair would have adopted this name. Since the number of Jewish families who adopted the surname Rothmann far exceeds the actual number of Jewish people likely to have had red hair during the period of surname adoption, this name appears to be a Jewish Ashkenazic ornamental name. Ornamental surnames are names that are not necessarily related to the localities, occupations, nicknames or given names of the first people who used the name. Rothmann Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Rothman, Rothmann, Rudman, Rudmann, Roodman, Rottman, Rottmann, Rotterman, Reitman, Reitmann and many more.
| Rothmann migration to the United States | + |
Rothmann Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johannes Rothmann, who landed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1753 1
Rothmann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Philip Rothmann, who arrived in St Clair County, III in 1854 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Rothmann (post 1700) | + |
- William Rothmann, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928 2
- Thomas Rothmann Sr., American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900 (alternate), 1904, 1908 3
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
 |
