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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a Germanic personal name, Hrodmar, composed of hrōd ‘renown’, ‘glory’ + mār ‘famous’.
  • English : habitational name from Cromer in Norfolk, recorded in the 13th century as Crowemere, from Old English crāwe ‘crow’ + mere ‘lake’.
  • Variant spelling of German and Jewish Kromer.

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