Probably an altered spelling of the French surname
Jamard, from the Germanic personal name Gamhard, of
which the first element gam- may be a shortened form of
gamal ‘old’ or gaman ‘joy’; the second element
hard means ‘hardy’, ‘strong’.
Northern Slovenian:
topographic name for someone who lived in a cave or pit, from an agent
derivative of jama ‘pit’, ‘cave’, ‘hole’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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