Family name origins & meanings
- German (Römer) : nickname for a pilgrim, Middle High German Rœmer (literally ‘Roman’).
- German (Römer) : habitational name for someone from Rom near Ludwigslust or Röhmen in Württemberg.
- German (Römer) : nickname from Middle Low German romer ‘braggart’.
- German (Römer) : from a personal name composed of the Old High German elements hrōd ‘renown’ + māri ‘outstanding’, ‘famous’.
- German (Römer) : habitational name from a house so named because of its situation near Roman remains, as for example the Frankfurt city hall.