The Putman Family Name

Some records give Putnam; others give Putman. Both point to the same English family name. Read literally, Putman points to “Putta's homestead”. Records show Putman as one of the forms Putnam took over time. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Puttenham.

9,058 Americans were listed as Putman in the 2010 census. It sits among the 5,000 most common last names in the country. From 1891 to 2000, 181 births in France were registered under Putman. Births ran at 14 in 1891–1900 and 19 in 1991–2000. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Pittman.

Arms linked to Putnam and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Putman surname pack.