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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Swiss German (Römer) : see Roemer.
  • English, Dutch, and German : regional or ethnic name for a Roman or more generally for an Italian.
  • English and Dutch : nickname for a pilgrim, someone who has traveled to Rome (see Romero).
  • German : from the Germanic personal name Hrotmar, composed of hrōd ‘renown’ + māri ‘fame’.

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