Last name origins & meanings: 1  Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: nickname for a newcomer to a place, from nie ânewâ (variant of German neu or Dutch nieuw) + man âmanâ. 2  Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: Perhaps also from niemand ânobodyâ, hence a nickname for an orphan or a person of no account.ast name origins & meanings: 1  Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: nickname for a newcomer to a place, from nie ânewâ (variant of German neu or Dutch nieuw) + man âmanâ. 2  Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: Perhaps also from niemand ânobodyâ, hence a nickname for an orphan or a person of no account.
GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: onychophoran(n.) Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.
Statue of Khufu in the Cairo Museum. Khufu (/ËkuËfuË/ KOO-foo), usually known as Cheops, originally Khnum-Khufu (/ËknuËmËkuËfuË/ KNOOM-koo-foo), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC).