Jachmann Explained

Jachmann is a German surname.

The forename Jach is of Hebrew descent and stems from Yohanan (), a shortened form of (), 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]

Variants

• Jach
• Jache
• Jachan
• Joch
• Jochmann

People

Jachmann

• Alfred Jachmann (1829–1918), German public officer and banker
• Eduard von Jachmann (1822-1887), the first vice admiral of the Prussian Navy
• Johanna Jachmann-Wagner (1828-1894), mezzo-soprano singer, tragédienne, and teacher of singing and theatrical performance
• Reinhold Bernhard Jachmann (1767-1843), German theologian and educator

Jochmann

• 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

Jachtmann

• Jan-Peter Jachtmann, German semi-professional poker player and editor-in-chief fourth in Main Event 2023

Notes and References

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, .
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, .
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.