Thread: Is my name russian?

my last name is hartman. i think it sounds more german then russian, but some people have told me that it is a russian name. can someone please clarify this for me?

No. Your name is not Russian.

thats what I told the guy, i said it was german and hes like "no dude, your russian" but im gonna believe, this being a russian forum

yea it's german. there's a guy named Гофман "Hoffman" and hes german.

Originally Posted by american_patriot23

my last name is hartman. i think it sounds more german then russian, but some people have told me that it is a russian name. can someone please clarify this for me?

Your name is clearly German.
The contemporay meaning of "hart" ist "hard". But a few centuries ago, when most German names evolved the sense of this word was more like "mighty" or "powerful".
The meaning of "man" should be obvious.

Originally Posted by Старик

The meaning of "man" should be obvious.

He's American....

that name is far from being slavic.
"durrrr......is Williams a chinese name?"

lol

thanks for the help, i kenw i was right about the name. but my name only has 1 n in it some names (hartmann) have to n's, what does that mean?

Well, Hartman can actually be a Russian name. Russian in the sense of coming from Russia. We have people with surnames like Bohl, Feuerstein, etc. They aren't ethnic Russians, though. Think about them Volga Germans.

yeah, so its not a russian name.

Originally Posted by american_patriot23

thanks for the help, i kenw i was right about the name. but my name only has 1 n in it some names (hartmann) have to n's, what does that mean?

It means back in the day when your ancestors were getting off the boat somebody spelt their name wrong.

Don't listen to them...

It's german for sure, because "Mann" is the german word for "Man".

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

It's german for sure, because "Mann" is the german word for "Man".

Так и есть!

On the other hand your Hartman may well be a corruption of Haritonov. So yes, it is Russian. I'm now 100% convinced that your name is Russian. Yep, Russian it is. I mean, what else?

lol, stop confusing him.

Hartman can also be a Dutch name! If it was german it would be hartmaNN. But I really don't think it's a russian name,...doesn't sound like it anyway

Originally Posted by Sylvie

But I really don't think it's a russian name,...doesn't sound like it anyway

Well, it sounds Russian enough to my native Russian ears. Not a typical Russian name, though.

Hartman is as "Russian" as Bernstein... It could be either Jewish (in Yiddish "Man" has one "N") or German (from Volga Deutsche).
It also can be a German Hartman with one "N", cause the second "N" from MANN could be lost with the time, or some officials once have made a mistake. I lived in Germany for some time... there are a lot of MAN's with on N.

an... Russian name is always ending on -ev or -ov, as son of....

an... Russian name is always ending on -ev or -ov, as son of....

Interesting statement. Are you saying that you can