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Type Surname (from occupation & from location)
Usage Dutch
Other Forms FormsPortman

Meaning & History

Occupational name for a gatekeeper or topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town, from Dutch poort "gate" and man "man, person".
Added 2/14/2020 by anonymous
Edited 9/30/2024 by jocatchi, SeaHorse15 and Mike C