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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and French : from the Germanic personal name Germar, composed of the elements gār, gēr ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + mār, mēri ‘famous’.
  • German : of Slavic origin, variant of the personal name Jaromir, from a cognate of Czech jary ‘lively’, ‘vehement’.

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