Mommsen
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Language(s) | Low German |
Meaning | son of "Mommo, Momme" |
Region of origin | Northern Germany |
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Variant form(s) | 1. , , 2. , , , ; |
Mommsen is a surname, and may refer to one of a family of German historians, see Mommsen family:
- Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903), classical scholar, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Hans Mommsen (1930–2015), historian known for arguing a functionalist explanation of the Holocaust
- Wolfgang Mommsen (1930–2004), historian of 19th- and 20th-century Britain and Germany
See also[]
- Momsen (especially Charles Momsen)
Categories:
- Surnames
- German-language surnames
- Low German surnames
- Patronymic surnames