Kramar Family History
Kramar Name Meaning
Czech (Kramář) Slovak (Kramár) Ukrainian Belorussian and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name for a shopkeeper Czech kramář Slovak kramár Ukrainian kramar from kram ‘store’ from Old High German crām ‘tent trading post’. Slovenian and Croatian: occupational name for a petty tradesman or an unflattering nickname for pettifogging greedy person derived from krama ‘cheap goods’ a word of German origin (see above and compare Kramer ). Americanized form of Polish Kramarz a cognate of 1 above. Compare Cramer and Kramer .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022