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Gender Masculine
Usage Dutch
Other Forms FormsDingman, Dingemann, Dingemans, Dingemanus, Dingenman, Dingomanus
Meaning & History
Dutch form of an ancient Germanic given name of which the first element is derived from Anglo-Saxon thing, which can have several meanings, namely: "thing," "cause," "gathering" or "council." As such, thing is related to Old High German dingôn meaning "to judge, to condemn" and dingjan meaning "to hope." Also compare other ancient Germanic given names that start with Thing-, such as Thingulf.The second element in the name comes from Old High German man meaning "man". As such, you could say that the name as a whole basically means "man of the council". With that in mind, it is interesting to note that in English there is the noun thingman, which has the same etymological origins and more or less the same meaning as well.A known Dutch bearer of this given name was the publisher and children's author Dingeman van der Stoep (1906-1997).