Jachmann
Jachmann is a German family name.
Origin and meaning
The nickname Jach is of Hebrew origin and goes back to the Hebrew Jochanan meaning "Yahweh (God) has shown grace".
The name, in its Bohemian-Moravian restriction, is a Silesian form of the name and is derived from the Czech short form Jach (a) of the first name Johannes . First mention of Johannes alias Jacha , Prague 1377.
In the Polish restriction the name Jach is first attested in the 14th century: 1326 Iach molendinator, 1437 Johannem dictum Jach, 1440 Iaskone alias Iach and 1452 Iach de Vilczouicze. These are primarily known as saints' names and were also common first names at a time when family names were not yet common.
The family name Jachmann can be understood as a patronymic name against this background.
variants
Name bearer
- Alfred Jachmann (1829–1918), German administrator and banker
- Eduard von Jachmann (1822-1887), German vice admiral
- Günther Jachmann (1887–1979), German classical philologist
- Johanna Jachmann-Wagner (1828-1894), German singer and niece of Richard Wagner, see Johanna Wagner
- Karl Jachmann (1869 – after 1924), German politician (DVP)
- Karl Reinhold Jachmann (1810 – after 1882), German theologian and publicist
- Monika Jachmann-Michel (* 1963), German lawyer and university professor
- Reinhold Bernhard Jachmann (1767–1843), German philosopher and educator
- Willi Jachmann , German soccer player
Individual evidence
- ↑ K. Rymut "Nazwiska Polakov, Vol 1, Krakow 1999, p.324.".
- ^ Hans Bahlow : German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1990, ISBN 3811202944
- ^ H. Bahlow : "Schlesisches Namenbuch, S. 61"
- ↑ J. Schwanke : "Expert opinion on the origin and meaning of the family name Jachmann, University of Leipzig, German-Slavic name research, 2005".
- ^ Hans Bahlow, Schlesisches Namenbuch Holzner Verlag, Kitzingen, 1953