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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Americanized spelling of German Ammann.
  2. Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from the Arabic personal name Aman ‘trust’, ‘safety’, ‘protection’, ‘tranquility’. Aman is often used in combination with other names, for example Amān Allāh (Amanullah) ‘trust of Allah’.