5,866 Global WESTERMAN Family Members

WESTERMAN Family History

This is a very interesting name, whose origins are open to some considerable speculation. The eminent Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley decided that "Westerman" was originally specific to Yorkshire and particularly the area between Wakefield and Leeds. The recordings suggested that this theory is correct, but it does not explain the name, or why Westerman's should be concentrated in this way. The conventional belief is that the surname describes "a man from the West" but this seems rather too loose an explanation.