Hoffman Definition
A surname.
Origin of Hoffman
-
Anglicised from German Hoffmann, also a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname originally spelled both Hoffman and Hoffmann: status name for a steward on a farm or estate, from German hof(f) ‘manorfarm’, ‘courtyard’ + Mann ‘man’. 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 the name soon came to denote the manager or steward of a manor farm, in which sense it is extremely frequent throughout central and eastern Europe; also among Jews, since many Jews held managerial positions on non-Jewish estates.
From Wiktionary
Hoffman Is Also Mentioned In
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to hoffman using the buttons below.