Oman Family History

Swedish (also Öman): ornamental name from Swedish ö ‘island’ + man ‘man’ in some cases adopted as a topographic name by someone who lived on an island. Scottish and English: from the Old Norse personal name Ámundi rarely perhaps from Hámundr.

The second element is mund ‘hand’; the first is uncertain but in some cases may be há(r) ‘high’. This name is now also found in Ireland.

Slovenian and Croatian: topographic name from oman the name of a plant (Inula helenium) in English known as elecampane.

Slovenian: perhaps also a medieval status name derived from Middle High German amman ‘official’ (see Ammann). Compare Amon.

Slovenian: variant of Homan itself ultimately from German Hofmann. Americanized form of North German Omann.