The Heinmann Family Name

Many Heinmann families will find their roots under Heinemann, the form most records use. It grew out of a personal name: “from the name Heinrich”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Without the “e” of Heinemann, Heinmann is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Related forms: Hinnemann.

Family crest and blazon

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