Ashment meaning | Last name Ashment origin

The lastname is the variant form of Ashman. In Anglo-Saxon, poetry escor ash is constantly used in the sense of spear, because the staff of a spear was usually made of that wood. So the Latin ferrum signifies both iron and sword. Ashman is therefore the equivalent of spearman. Its forms in the Hundred Rolls are Asscheman, Aschman, and Ashman; and in Domesday Assemannus.

Ashment is the form of the Ashmead. Localities unknown.