Woolmer Family History
Woolmer Name Meaning
from the Middle English personal name Wulmar Wolmer (Old English Wulfmǣr from wulf ‘wolf’ + mǣr(e) ‘famous’). Some of the surname early bearers may belong under (2). alternatively perhaps from Woolmer Forest (Hants) Wolmer Farm in Ogbourne Saint George (Wilts) Woolmore Farm in Melksham (Wilts) or any other place named with Middle English wolf + mere ‘pool’. Reaney also suggests a lost place-name Wolmoor in Ormskirk (Lancs) apparently based on the two early bearers from 1246. Some of the early bearers below may belong with (1).
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016