English: from the Middle English personal name Wymer, Old
English Wigm?r (composed of the elements wig
‘war’ + m?r ‘famous’), reinforced by the cognate
Continental Germanic form Wigmar, introduced into England from
France by the Normans. This also became confused with an Old Breton
personal name, Wiumarch, composed of the elements uuiu
‘worthy’ + march ‘horse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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