Elhan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Elhan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

A variant form of Ellman. Doubtless the Elmund, Al mund, Almund, or Filmundus of Domesd-a baptismal name.

Lastname Elhan is a variation of Dulman. See Dolman - The verb "to dole" signifies to share or divide; to set out in portions or lots, whether of land, goods, or money. Anglo-Saxon dælan. Perhaps the original Doleman may have been a distributor either of alms, or of lands under the tenantry arrangements of feudal times. Or he may have been such a "judge or divider"—that is arbitrator—as the one mentioned in Luke XII. 14. A less desirable derivation is from the Anglo-Saxon dol, foolish, erring, heretical, and man. Doleman. De la Dole. Hundred Rolls.

Surname Elhan is a variant form of Dollman. The verb "to dole" signifies to share or divide; to set out in portions or lots, whether of land, goods, or money. Anglo-Saxon dælan. Perhaps the original Doleman may have been a distributor either of alms, or of lands under the tenantry arrangements of feudal times. Or he may have been such a "judge or divider"—that is arbitrator—as the one mentioned in Luke XII. 14. A less desirable derivation is from the Anglo-Saxon dol, foolish, erring, heretical, and man. Doleman. De la Dole. Hundred Rolls.

A variation of Dalman. See Dallman - 1. Possibly Dale-man, an inhabitant of a valley. In Scotland a "dale's 2. The same as .

Form of Dallman. 1. Possibly Dale-man, an inhabitant of a valley. In Scotland a "dale's 2. The same as .

A variant of Almon. See Alman and Ellman - From the French l'Allemand-the German. See Almaine - Not from the French Allemagne, Germany, as might be supposed; but from Allemagne, a place near Caen, famous for its quarries of Caen stone. From this identity of name, that stone is often misunderstood to have been brought from Germany

The family were in Eastern Sussex in the XIV century.

Variation of Ellman. Descendant of Hellmann, a German Jewish synonym for Samuel meaning "God hath heard"; one who came from Germany, a German.

The family name is the variant of Dahlman. Valley man.

Variant form of the Allman. One who came from Alemaigne meaning all men. In Germany, a name generally applied to anyone from the Baltic States or from Holland.

Elhan is a form of the Altman. The old servant or descendant of Aldman meaning old man.

Elhan is form of Alleman. Of Germany.

Elhan is the variant form of Almonde. of Almmonde, i.e., mouth of the alm.

Elhan is variation of the Aleman. 1. See Alman - From the French l'Allemand-the German. See Almaine - Not from the French Allemagne, Germany, as might be supposed; but from Allemagne, a place near Caen, famous for its quarries of Caen stone. From this identity of name, that stone is often misunderstood to have been brought from Germany

The family were in Eastern Sussex in the XIV century
2.A dealer in ale.

Elhan is variant of Almaine. Not from the French Allemagne, Germany, as might be supposed; but from Allemagne, a place near Caen, famous for its quarries of Caen stone. From this identity of name, that stone is often misunderstood to have been brought from Germany.

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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Julius Elhan worked as tailor and hailed from Germany. 18 years old embarked for USA from Hamburg on Rastede and arrived on August 8, 1853. Merchant Carl Elhan, are others that migrated to US.

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