35%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage German (Archaic) Pronounced Pron. EWT-man [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Hartmann. It can also be interpreted as meaning "earth man" from German Erde "earth", and thus was sometimes used as a translation of Adam. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesHardman(Germanic) Categories archaic German, brave, courage, earth, men