English: habitational name from either of two places called Bulmer,
in North Yorkshire and Essex, or from Boulmer in Northumberland. The
first, recorded in Domesday Book as Bolemere, is named in Old
English with bula ‘bull’ + mere ‘lake’, as is Boulmer;
the second, found in early records as Bulenemera, is from
bulena (genitive plural of bula) + mere ‘lake’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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