Heraldry and the Polmann Surname

Whether you spell it Polmann or Pohlmann, the story begins in the same place. The family name meaning is “Pole”, the same as for Pohlmann.

The same family of names includes Pollmann, Poehlmann and Pohlman. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Polmann drops the “h” of Pohlmann, a simplification that clerks often made.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Polmann, so the heraldry linked to Pohlmann is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Polmann report, with a museum-style coat of arms.