Dammer Family History
Dammer Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: topographic name from dam ‘dike’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. German: habitational name from a place so named in Silesia. English (Kent and Hampshire): occupational name from Middle English dammer ‘dam-builder’ an agent derivative of dammen ‘to build a dam to block the course of water’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022