North German and Dutch: occupational name for a maker of leather reins and similar articles, from Middle Low German remer ‘leather worker’ (compare Riemer).
North German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ragin ‘counsel’ + mari, m{e__}ri ‘fame’, as in Reimer.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Römer ‘Roman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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