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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High German amer ‘bunting’ (the bird), hence a nickname for someone with a fine voice, or a flamboyant dresser.
  • German : in southern Germany, possibly a topographic name for someone living by the Ammer river.

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