Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Last name as first name : Serious Boy name variations Kauffmann Kauffmann 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Kaufmann Kaufmann 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings Respelling of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kaufmann.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Kaufman, Yiddish koyfman, meaning ‘merchant’.