Jachmann is a German surname.

The forename Jach is of Hebrew descent and stems from Yohanan יוֹחָנָן‎ (Yôḥānān), a shortened form of יְהוֹחָנָן‎ (Yəhôḥānān), with the meaning "YHWH is gracious".[1]

In its Silesian mode, the name Jach can be traced to the Bohemian and Moravian variants of the Czech shorthand form Jach(a) of the given name Johannes.[2][3] It was first mentioned 1377 in Prague as Johannes alias Jacha.

In its Polish mode, the name was first mentioned in the 14th century: 1326 Iach molendinator, 1437 Johannem dictum Jach, 1440 Iaskone alias Iach and 1452 Iach de Vilczouicze.[4]

According to this, the surname Jachmann and the similar Jochmann can be seen as patronymic names.[5]

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  • Georg Jochmann (1874-1915), German internist and bacteriologist
  • Hansi Jochmann (born 1953), German actress
  • Jakob Jochmann (born 1993), Austrian handball player
  • Rosa Jochmann (1901-1994), Austrian resistance activist and Ravensbrück survivor and later politician
  • Werner Jochmann (1921-1994), German historian and director of the Research Centre for the History of National Socialism

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  • Jan-Peter Jachtmann, German semi-professional poker player and editor-in-chief

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  1. ^ K. Rymut: Nazwiska Polakóv, vol.1, Kraków 1999, p.324.
  2. ^ Hans Bahlow: Deutsches Namenlexikon. Familien- und Vornamen nach ihrem Ursprung erklärt. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1990, ISBN 3811202944.
  3. ^ Hans Bahlow: Dictionary of German Names. Translated by Edda Gentry. With an introduction by Henry Geitz. Max Kade Institut for German-American Studies, Madison 1993, ISBN 9780924119354.
  4. ^ Hans Bahlow: Schlesisches Namenbuch, Holzner Verlag, Kitzingen/Main 1953, p.61.
  5. ^ J.Schwanke: Gutachten zu Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Jachmann, Universität Leipzig, deutsch-slawische Namenforschung, 2005.