The origin of the name Freeman

variant of Free

English (chiefly East Anglia): nickname or term of status from Old English frēo free(-born), i.e. not a serf.

Variants: Freeman; Freebody; Fry.

Cognates: German: Frei, Freier, Frey, Freyer; Freimann, Freymann. Low German: Frige, Frigge, Frie, Friehe, Freye; Friemann. Swedish: Frey, Frei; Freyman, Friman, Freiman.

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