Emmer Family History

German (Bavaria): from Middle High German emmer ‘grain’ a topographic name for someone who lived by land where grain was grown a status name for someone who owned such land or a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or dealt in grain.

German: topographic name for someone living on a flat piece of land from Middle High German eben ‘even smooth straight’ + the suffix -er for an inhabitant.

Dutch: from the personal name Emmer(t) from the ancient Germanic name Emhard (see Emmert) or perhaps Egmar, composed of the elements eg ‘sharp point (of a sword)’ + mar ‘famous shining’.

Dutch: from emmer ‘bucket’ applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named with this word such as Reijmerich in de leeren Emmer (‘Reimer in the Leather Bucket’) in Amsterdam 1585.