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Hoffmann
Variants: Hoffman, Hofmann, Hofman
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name from German Hof(f) ‘manor farm’ + Mann ‘man’ denoting the steward of a farm or estate.
Originally, this was a status name for a farmer who owned his own land as opposed to holding it by rent or feudal obligation, but in the early modern period the name came to denote the manager or steward of a manor farm, in which sense it is extremely frequent throughout central and eastern Europe; also as a Jewish name, since many Jews held managerial positions on non-Jewish estates. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe, not only in German-speaking lands.
Hoffman
Variants: Hofman
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic), English: variant (Jewish) or anglicized spelling of Hoffmann.
2 Dutch: occupational name denoting a farm labourer or a gardener, someone who worked at a hof ‘manor farm’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Brtain and Ireland, 2016
The Hoffman DNA Project is for anyone with ancestors of the surname or related variations.
PROJECT TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By joining this project you are accepting the following terms and conditions.
You are solely responsible for your User Provided Content. It is your personal responsibility to manage your personal information options for your account, including your privacy and sharing preferences.
Project Members and Administrators may use information shared in this project to research genetic and genealogical relationships. Information includes DNA data that you share.
Project Members and Administrators may publish papers, research, reports, and genealogies which include information shared in this project.
You grant the Project Members and Administrators a perpetual, irrevocable, and unrestricted right to use information that you share in this project. Such uses include publication of papers, research, reports, and genealogies.
Within the limits allowed by applicable laws, you expressly acknowledge and agree that Project Administrators shall not be liable for any indirect, direct, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages resulting from your having joined, used, or participated in the project.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Project Administrators from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from your access to the project or your use of information shared in the project.
Project Administrators are unpaid volunteers. You understand that Administrators do not monitor all project activity and may not respond promptly to member inquiries.
Variants: Hoffman, Hofmann, Hofman
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name from German Hof(f) ‘manor farm’ + Mann ‘man’ denoting the steward of a farm or estate.
Originally, this was a status name for a farmer who owned his own land as opposed to holding it by rent or feudal obligation, but in the early modern period the name came to denote the manager or steward of a manor farm, in which sense it is extremely frequent throughout central and eastern Europe; also as a Jewish name, since many Jews held managerial positions on non-Jewish estates. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe, not only in German-speaking lands.
Hoffman
Variants: Hofman
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic), English: variant (Jewish) or anglicized spelling of Hoffmann.
2 Dutch: occupational name denoting a farm labourer or a gardener, someone who worked at a hof ‘manor farm’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Brtain and Ireland, 2016
The Hoffman DNA Project is for anyone with ancestors of the surname or related variations.
PROJECT TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By joining this project you are accepting the following terms and conditions.
You are solely responsible for your User Provided Content. It is your personal responsibility to manage your personal information options for your account, including your privacy and sharing preferences.
Project Members and Administrators may use information shared in this project to research genetic and genealogical relationships. Information includes DNA data that you share.
Project Members and Administrators may publish papers, research, reports, and genealogies which include information shared in this project.
You grant the Project Members and Administrators a perpetual, irrevocable, and unrestricted right to use information that you share in this project. Such uses include publication of papers, research, reports, and genealogies.
Within the limits allowed by applicable laws, you expressly acknowledge and agree that Project Administrators shall not be liable for any indirect, direct, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages resulting from your having joined, used, or participated in the project.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Project Administrators from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from your access to the project or your use of information shared in the project.
Project Administrators are unpaid volunteers. You understand that Administrators do not monitor all project activity and may not respond promptly to member inquiries.