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?
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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.
Your name is clearly German.Quote:
Originally Posted by american_patriot23
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.
He's American....Quote:
Originally Posted by Старик
that name is far from being slavic.
"durrrr......is Williams a chinese name?"
lol :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.
It means back in the day when your ancestors were getting off the boat somebody spelt their name wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by american_patriot23
Don't listen to them...
It's german for sure, because "Mann" is the german word for "Man".
Так и есть!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
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 :?
Well, it sounds Russian enough to my native Russian ears. Not a typical Russian name, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvie
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....
Interesting statement. Are you saying that you canQuote:
an... Russian name is always ending on -ev or -ov, as son of....