Eastman Family History
Eastman Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Estmund (Old English Ēastmund from ēast ‘east’ + mund ‘protection’). See also Esmond . English: occasionally a variant of Heasman a topographic name for a dweller ‘(in the) brushwood’ from Old English hǣse ‘brushwood’ + mann (compare Hayes ). Americanized form (translation into English) of Swedish Östman (see Ostman ) and North German Ostmann or Östmann (see Oestmann ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022