Family name origins & meanings
- English variant of Woolmer : variant of Woolmer: from the Old English personal name Wulfmǣr, a compound of wulf ‘wool’ + māri, mēri ‘famous’.
- English variant of Woolmer : habitational name from a lost place named Wolmoor (‘wolves’ moor’), in Ormskirk, Lancashire; possibly also from Woolmer Forest in Hampshire, Wolmer Farm in Ogbourne St George, Wiltshire, or Woomore Farm in Melksham Wiltshire, all meaning ‘wolves’ pool’.