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Weidemann
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<p>Weidemann is a German <a href="/facts/Family_name/gca0qxem">family name</a> and may be deduced from the <a href="/facts/Middle_High_German/LI9JRDIu">Middle High German</a> terms for hunter or woad farmer. </p><p>The German word <i>Weide</i> also means willow, as well as pasture. The name could thus translate into willowman and hence suggests alternative meanings such as the occupational name for a basket maker or a person living near a willowtree. Since <i>Weide</i> (the tree) derives from Middle High German <i>wîda</i>, these meanings can not be assigned to the family name, whose origin dates back to mediaeval times. </p><p>The family name Weidemann is first found in Westphalia, Germany, where the name Weidemann emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. </p>