Newman.
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the nickname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Stanislaus County, California.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Douglas County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Otero County, New Mexico.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio, named after Newman Creek.
A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of El Paso, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Newman Township.
A town in the Shire of East Pilbara, Pilbara region, in the north of Western Australia, originally named Mount Newman after a local mountain.
Where this word comes from
From new + man: a "newcomer".
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