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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : perhaps a nickname from Thuringian dialect galmer ‘yellowhammer’, equivalent to Goldammer in standard German, which is found as a surname in eastern parts of the country.
  • German : Alternatively it could be a habitational name for someone from Kalme near Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony.
  • German : Perhaps an altered spelling of Kalmar.

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