The balmer Surname
balmer Name Meaning and History
- English and Scottish: occupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French basme, balme, ba(u)me ‘balm’, ‘ointment’ (Latin balsamum ‘aromatic resin’).
- South German and Swiss German: habitational name from any of the places in Switzerland and Baden called Balm, which almost certainly get their names from a Celtic word meaning ‘cave’.
- German: from the Germanic personal name Baldemar, composed of the elements bald ‘bold’ + mar ‘famous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| John Balmer, ABT 1810 - 1888, County Down to Kings Co., N.B. |
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| Balmers from Meuhleberg, Switzerland to St. Louis, MO |
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| Bellmer, Balhumar, Peter |
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| Arthur Balmer Class Photo 1904 |
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