Last name: ELMER

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ELMER : This last name is indexed 64,291 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

ELMER : 1: English: variant of Elmore.2: English: habitational name from Elmer in Middleton (Sussex) probably named with Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + mere ‘pool’.3: German: topographic name for someone living near elm trees from Middle High German elm ‘elm tree’.4: Swiss German: habitational name from a village so named in Glarus canton.5: North German: from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of agil ‘point edge (of a sword)’ + mar ‘well known famous’.

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