Last name origins & meanings:
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Abele (see
Abeles) + German Mann ‘man’.
- Americanized
spelling of German Abelmann, which is from the personal name
Abel (a pet form of Albrecht) + -mann as a
diminutive suffix.
- This surname was brought to PA from Germany by one
Heinrich Abelmann in the 18th century.
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