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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (West Midlands) : probably a metathesized form of Hanmer, a habitational name from Hanmer in Flintshire.
  • Swedish (Hamnér) : ornamental name from hamn ‘harbor’ + the surname suffix -ér, derived from the Latin adjectival ending -er(i)us.

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