Baumann Family History
Baumann Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name for a peasant or a nickname meaning ‘neighbor fellow citizen’ from Middle High German būman German Baumann ‘peasant’ (see Bauer ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) the Netherlands Denmark Poland and some other European countries. Compare Bauman and Bowman .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022