Last name: CHALMERS
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CHALMERS : This last name is indexed 118,307 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CHALMERS : 1: Scottish: from Older Scots chalmer ‘chamberlain’; compare Chambers. The mb was assimilated to mm; the l was purely graphic indicating that the preceding a was long.2: English: possibly a localized form of Challinor (see Challender) with dissimilation of ln to lm in Chalner.
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