Elmer Family History
Elmer Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ailmar, Old English Æ{dh}elm?r, composed of the elements æ{dh}el ‘noble’ + m?r ‘famous’, which was reinforced after the Conquest by the introduction of Old French Ailmer, from a Continental cognate. North German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements agi(l) ‘edge or tip (of a sword)’ + man ‘man’. South German: topographic name for someone who lived by an elm tree, Middle High German elm(e). Swiss German: habitational name from a village so named in Glarus canton.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press