Flaxman Family History
Flaxman Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English flaxman flexman for someone who grew sold or treated flax for weaving into linen cloth. Compare Flax . Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Flachsmann: from Middle High German vlahs German Flachs ‘flax’ + -man of the same meaning as 1 above. Among Jews the name may have been acquired as an artificial name.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022