Comer Family History
Comer Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English combere an agent derivative of Old English camb ‘comb’ referring perhaps to a maker or seller of combs or to someone who used them to prepare wool or flax for spinning. This was an alternative process to carding and caused the wool fibers to lie more or less parallel to one another so that the cloth produced had a hard smooth finish without a nap. Probably an Americanized form of German or Dutch Kommer or Kammer .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022