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The homer Surname

homer Name Meaning and History

  1. English (West Midlands): occupational name for a maker of helmets, from the adopted Old French term he(a)umier, from he(a)ume ‘helmet’, of Germanic origin. Compare Helm 2.
  2. English: variant of Holmer.
  3. Americanized form of the Greek family name Homiros or one of its patronymic derivatives (Homirou, Homiridis, etc.). This was not only the name of the ancient Greek epic poet (classical Greek Homeros), but was also borne by a martyr venerated in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  4. Slovenian: topographic name for someone who lived on a hill, from hom (dialect form of holm ‘hill’, ‘height’) + the German suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of homer Families in the US in 1920
Number of homer families
 195-388
 66-194		 1-65
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Threads: 121 - Messages: 318
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Benjamin & Sarah Ann Homer katyismyname 0
Homers of Maine and Massachusetts Benjamin F. Homer, Sr. 7
Thomas homer {b=1834? ohio } skogcat 1
homer´s of Bo´ness Scotland westend63 0
Looking for Stalybridge Homers Thomas Homer 3
family surnames Marian Mulry 16
Thomas HOMER, my 9th g gfather JohnJackHomer 25
Joseph Homer, 1806, Dudley, Worcestershire, UK homeyland 0
thomas homer margaretlaing06 0
John HOMER b. 1819 Dorset, England > Schuylkill Co., PA frozenJL 3
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