Ackerman (surname)

Acker comes from German or Old English, meaning "ploughed field"; it is related to or an alternate spelling of the word acre.[1][2] Therefore, Ackerman means "ploughman". Ackerman is also a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname of Yiddish origin with the same meaning. The Ashkenazi surname Ackerman sometimes refers to the town of Akkerman in Bessarabia, south-west of Odessa.[3]

  1. ^ Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ Dan, Rottenberg (1977). Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy. Genealogical Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-8063-1151-7.