Youngman is an English-language last name[1] which is derived from Old English geong mann "young man" via Middle English yunge man "young servant"[2][3] and originally was the rank of a servant in a noble household.[3]

Notable people with the surname include:

References

  1. "Youngman Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved March 4, 2017. Approximately 6,504 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: New Zealand.
  2. "Youngman Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017. English: from Middle English yunge man 'young servant'.
  3. 1 2 "Last name: Youngman". surnamedb.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017. […] dialectal variant of the surname Yeoman, itself of Olde English pre 7th Century "geong" meaning "young", plus "mann" a mann, (medieval English "yeman" or "yoman", a yeoman). Originally this was a status name for an attendant in a noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom, or between a squire and a page.
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