Sloman Family History
Sloman Name Meaning
English: nickname denoting a sluggish person from Middle English slou ‘slow’ (Old English slaw) + -man. English: from Middle English slough ‘swamp muddy place’ (Old English slōh) + -man. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or by a muddy place or habitational from a place so named such as Slough in Berkshire. See Slough . English: perhaps a topographic name denoting someone who lived by a blackthorn from Middle English slo ‘sloe tree blackthorn’ (Old English slāh) + -man. Compare Slaughter Americanized form of Polish or Jewish (from Poland) Słoma; see Sloma .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022