Newman is a surname of Germanic Anglo-Saxon origins. Newman is the modern English form of the name used in Great Britain and among people of British ancestry around the world (as is 'Numan') , while Neumann (with variant spellings) is used in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and to some degree in Netherlands and Belgium. [1] Both have their its origins in the pre-7th-century (Old English) word neowe meaning "new", with mann , meaning man. Its first recorded uses were Godwin Nieweman in Oxfordshire, England, in 1169, and in Germany, Herman Nyeman of Barth in 1325. [2] It was mostly likely originally used as a nickname for a recent arrival or settler. [3] Related surnames include Neuman, Naumann(s), Numan, Nauman, and Neiman. [4]
The surname Newman is widespread in the core Anglosphere. A list follows of notable people with the surname.
