Fosmire Family History
Fosmire Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Vosmeer or Vosmer:: perhaps an altered from German Vassmer or Fassmer from the ancient Germanic personal name Fastmer composed of the elements fast ‘solid secure steady’ + mar ‘famous’. perhaps a habitational name from Oud-Vossemeer in the 16th century Vosmaer well-known as the place where the Roosevelts came from.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022