Mann
Germanic family name
Mann is a German word meaning man or husband, appearing in English primarily as a surname.
Thomas Mann wrote *The Magic Mountain*; Horace Mann pioneered American public education.
The word surfaces in compounds borrowed from German: Wehrmacht, Übermensch.
In genealogical contexts, Mann may indicate a male ancestor or householder.
Hereditary family identifier
- GermanyCentral European nation
- DeutschlandGermany, in its tongue
- BavariaSoutheastern German state
- SaxonyGerman state around Dresden
Prussia · Teutonic · Germanic · Weimar · Nobel Prize · literature · author · filmmaker
Hereditary portion of identity
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
clan · kin · descendants · bloodline · forebears · relatives · patronymic · pedigree
Sperm-producing sex
- husbandMarried man's role
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- Old EnglishGermanic language of early Britain
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
occupational name · common noun · cognate · linguistic · medieval · naming conventions
surname
Hereditary family identifier
- GermanyCentral European nation
- DeutschlandGermany, in its tongue
- BavariaSoutheastern German state
Saxony · Prussia · Teutonic · Germanic · Weimar · Nobel Prize · literature · author · filmmaker · educator
family name
Hereditary portion of identity
heritage · clan · kin · descendants · bloodline · forebears · relatives · patronymic · pedigree · family tree
male
Sperm-producing sex
- husbandMarried man's role
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- Old EnglishGermanic language of early Britain
Anglo-Saxon · occupational name · common noun · cognate · linguistic · medieval · naming conventions
- PersonenFrau, Dame, Baby
- Punjabi ClansKang, Mahal, Saharan, Saran
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Famous AuthorsShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Hemingway, Twain
- GermanGermany, Austria, Switzerland, German, Berlin