The hammer Surname
hammer Name Meaning and History
- German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or nickname for a forceful person.
- English and German: topographic name for someone who lived in an area of flat, low-lying alluvial land beside a stream, Old English hamm, Old High German ham (see Hamm) + the English and German agent suffix -er.
- Norwegian: variant of Hamar.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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