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.
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