Youngman (surname)
Youngman is an English-language last name[1] which is derived from Old English geong mann "young man" via Middle English yunge man "young servant"[2][3] and originally was the rank of a servant in a noble household.[3]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Annie Marie Youngman (1860–1919), British painter
- Colin Irving Youngman (born 1958), English author
- Hennessy Youngman, persona invented and performed by Jayson Musson
- Henny Youngman (1906–1998), American comedian and violinist
- Henry Youngman (1865–1936), professional baseball player
- Jerome T. Youngman (born 1951), American rock singer, songwriter and record producer
- Joseph Youngman (born 1982), American music producer
- Kate Youngman (1841–1910), American missionary
- Nan Youngman (1906–1995), English painter and educationalist
- Stuart Youngman (born 1965), English former footballer
- William S. Youngman (1872–1934), American politician
References[edit]
- ^ "Youngman Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
Approximately 6,504 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: New Zealand.
- ^ "Youngman Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
English: from Middle English yunge man 'young servant'.
- ^ a b "Last name: Youngman". surnamedb.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
[…] dialectal variant of the surname Yeoman, itself of Olde English pre 7th Century "geong" meaning "young", plus "mann" a mann, (medieval English "yeman" or "yoman", a yeoman). Originally this was a status name for an attendant in a noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom, or between a squire and a page.
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