Rothman Family History
Rothman Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Rothmann in large part cognate with 2 and 3 below. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with red hair from an elaborated form of Roth 1 with the addition of Yiddish man ‘man’. Compare Rothmann and Redman . English: topographic name from Middle English roth(e) (Old English roth) ‘clearing’ + man for a person who lived at a clearing. See Roth
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022