The ulmer Surname
ulmer Name Meaning and History
- habitational name for someone from the city of Ulm. The placename is from the root uel, an unattested word meaning ‘turn’, ‘wind’, ‘roll’ or from el- or ol- ‘flow’, a reference in either case to the influx of the Blan river into the Danube.
- from the Germanic personal name Odolmar, composed of the elements odal ‘inherited property’ + mar ‘famous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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