Frequency: (5182)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English (Yorkshire): status name in the feudal system for a serf who had been freed.
2. Jewish (American): Americanized form of Friedmann (see Fried).
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 4%. Sol (11), Isadore (7), Miriam (6), Hyman (5), Moshe (3), Rina (3), Emanuel (2), Hersh (2), Tzvi (2), Aron, Avi, Avraham.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
