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:
- Annie Marie Youngman (1860–1919), British painter
- Colin Irving Youngman (born 1958), English author
- Hennessy Youngman, persona invented and performed by Jayson Musson
- Henny Youngman (1906–1998), American comedian and violinist
- Henry Youngman (1865–1936), professional baseball player
- Jerome T. Youngman (born 1951), American rock singer, songwriter and record producer
- Joseph Youngman (born 1982), American music producer
- Kate Youngman (1841–1910), American missionary
- Nan Youngman (1906–1995), English painter and educationalist
- Stuart Youngman (born 1965), English former footballer
- William S. Youngman (1872–1934), American politician
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"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.
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"Youngman Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
English: from Middle English yunge man 'young servant'.
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"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.
This page lists people with the
surname Youngman.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
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:
- Annie Marie Youngman (1860–1919), British painter
- Colin Irving Youngman (born 1958), English author
- Hennessy Youngman, persona invented and performed by Jayson Musson
- Henny Youngman (1906–1998), American comedian and violinist
- Henry Youngman (1865–1936), professional baseball player
- Jerome T. Youngman (born 1951), American rock singer, songwriter and record producer
- Joseph Youngman (born 1982), American music producer
- Kate Youngman (1841–1910), American missionary
- Nan Youngman (1906–1995), English painter and educationalist
- Stuart Youngman (born 1965), English former footballer
- William S. Youngman (1872–1934), American politician
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"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.
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^
"Youngman Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
English: from Middle English yunge man 'young servant'.
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a
b
"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.
This page lists people with the
surname Youngman.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.