Sep 27, 2025
Copman
Copman is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of cop (precious) and man (man).
Variants:
Copaman [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 47].
Copman [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 142].
Prototheme:
cop = pretiosus [Ludwig Ettmüller 1851 Vorda vealhstôd Engla and Seaxna, page 388].
Deuterotheme:
Man or mon = Mᴀɴ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 132].
Usage:
Copman was the name of a moneyer working during the reign of King Eadgar: (approximately) “∴ / COPM / ✠✠✠ / ANM̃ / ∵” [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 178, number 83].
