Updated January 17, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Newcomer

Boy name variations

Newman
Neuman
Numen
Newmie

Family name origins & meanings

  • German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname for a newcomer to a place, from Middle High German niuwe, German neu ‘new’ + Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’.

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