Bethmann is a German surname. There are three etymologies for the name: the pet form of the name Bertram; the occupational name for a tax collector of the bede penninc, a tax upon a free tenant in the Middle Ages;[1] or a variant of the name Bettmann, meaning "mattress maker" or "mattress seller".[2] Notable people with the surname include:
Bethmann family
The Bethmann family in Germany, originally from Goslar, achieved greatest prominence in Frankfurt am Main; the Bethmann-Hollweg sideline produced a German chancellor.
- Konrad Bethmann (1625–1701), Münzwardein and Münzmeister in Nassau and other German places
- Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant and banker in Frankfurt am Main
- Johann Jakob Bethmann (1717–1792), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant, shipowner and consul in Bordeaux
- Simon Moritz Bethmann (1721–1782), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant and banker in Frankfurt am Main
- Simon Moritz von Bethmann (1768–1826), son of Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), banker and statesman in Frankfurt am Main
- Moritz von Bethmann (1811–1877), son of Simon Moritz von Bethmann, banker and merchant in Frankfurt am Main
- Ludwig Simon Moritz Freiherr von Bethmann (1844–1902), son of Moritz von Bethmann, banker in Frankfurt am Main
- Moritz Henning August Freiherr von Bethmann (1887–1966), son of Ludwig Simon Moritz Freiherr von Bethmann, banker in Frankfurt am Main
- Johann Philipp von Bethmann (1924–2007), son of Moritz Henning August Freiherr von Bethmann, banker and book author in Frankfurt am Main
- August von Bethmann-Hollweg (1795–1877), grandson of Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), Prussian jurist and politician
- Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921), grandson of August von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician
- Alexandre de Bethmann (1805–1871),[3] mayor of Bordeaux from 1867 to 1870, great-grandson of Johann Jakob Bethmann
- Pierre de Bethmann (1961-), French jazz pianist, 5th-generation descendant[4] of Alexandre de Bethmann
- Dominic Bethmann (69 B.C.- Present), Local Factory Owner
Other people surnamed Bethmann
- Heinrich Eduard Bethmann (1774–1857), German actor and theater director
- Ludwig Konrad Bethmann (1812–1867), German historian
- Erich Waldemar Bethmann (1904–1993), Author and religious scholar
- Sabine Bethmann (25 October 1929 — 8 November 2021), former German movie actress
- Andreas Bethmann (19??-), German film director
See also
- Bethmann Bank, established in 1748 as a trading enterprise and private bank by the brothers Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793) and Simon Moritz Bethmann (1721–1782), today Delbrück Bethmann Maffei, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABN AMRO
- Bethmännchen, a marzipan confection named after the Bethmann family
Notes
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (ed.) (2022). "Bethmann". Dictionary of American Family Names. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024512-2. – via Oxford Reference
- ^ Doepper, Rudolf (2004). Jüdische Namen in Geschichte und Gegenwart: neue Entwicklungen und Erkenntnisse ; Beiträge zum Verständis unserer Zeit (in German). Selbstverlag. p. 365. ISBN 978-2-8399-0010-2.
- ^ "French major cities": mayors of Bordeaux
- ^ Société Genevoise de généalogie Archived October 9, 2008 at the Wayback Machine