Gutmans Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

If your family name is Gutmans, its origin lies with Gutmann, a German surname. The name is generally explained as “Good man”. Before spelling was fixed, Gutmann was also written Gutmans. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Gūtmanis, Gutman and Guttman.

Arms linked to Gutmann and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Gutmans family name pack.