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