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Etymology of Rottman

What does the name Rottman mean?

The surname Rottman is what is known as a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. This particular surname comes from the German word 'rot,' which means red. Therefore, someone who had red hair would have adopted this name. Since the number of Jewish families who adopted the surname Rottman far exceeds the actual number of Jewish people likely to have had red hair during the period of surname adoption, this name appears to be a Jewish Ashkenazic ornamental name. Ornamental surnames are names that are not necessarily related to the localities, occupations, nicknames or given names of the first people who used the name.

Rottman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rothman, Rothmann, Rudman, Rudmann, Roodman, Rottman, Rottmann, Rotterman, Reitman, Reitmann and many more.

Rottman Ranking

In the United States, the name Rottman is the 17,584th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


Rottman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rottman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Esther Rottman, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 2
  • Ernst Rottman, who arrived in America in 1854 2
  • Ignatius Rottman, who landed in Arkansas in 1894 2
  • Victor Rottman, who arrived in Arkansas in 1894 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Rottman (post 1700) +

  • Vicki Rottman, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 2004 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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