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Question: Last name origination!?
Where did the last name "lisman" originate from!? And what does "lisman" mean!?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Listman, an ornamental name, composed of German List ‘cunning’ or Lust ‘joy’, ‘pleasure’ (with the vowel change from u to i peculiar to the Yiddish dialect spoken in Poland) + Mann ‘man’!.
Dutch: variant of Lies!.
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I just Googled it, and the closest match I found was Lismore!. I'm no expert, so maybe there are other spellings that are closer to yours, that one just looked close to me!.

Lismore Surname Origin
(Locality)!. A parish in Argyleshire, Scotland!. The name signifies the large gardens!. Lis or Lios, Celtic, a garden, and mor, large!.

I'm no etymologist (don't even know if I spelled that right) but I would think Lisman would refer to being a gardener maybe!?Www@QuestionHome@Com