Newman#D

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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.{{cite web | title=Surname Database: Newman Last Name Origin | website=The Internet Surname Database | url=https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Newman | access-date=8 August 2023}} 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.{{cite web | title=Surname Database: Neumann Last Name Origin | website=The Internet Surname Database | url=https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Neumann | access-date=8 August 2023}} It was mostly likely originally used as a nickname for a recent arrival or settler.{{cite web | title=Neumann Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms | website=House of Names | date=January 2000 | url=https://www.houseofnames.com/neumann-family-crest | access-date=8 August 2023}} Related surnames include Neuman, Naumann(s), Numan, Nauman, and Neiman.{{cite web | last=Powell | first=Kimberly | title=Neumann Surname Meaning and Family History | website=ThoughtCo | date=5 September 2016 | url=https://www.thoughtco.com/neumann-surname-meaning-and-origin-4083900 | access-date=8 August 2023}}

The surname Newman is widespread in the core Anglosphere. A list follows of notable people with the surname.

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Fictional characters

See also

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