Family name origins & meanings
- German and Swiss German (Römer) : see Roemer.
- English, Dutch, and German : regional or ethnic name for a Roman or more generally for an Italian.
- English and Dutch : nickname for a pilgrim, someone who has traveled to Rome (see Romero).
- German : from the Germanic personal name Hrotmar, composed of hrōd ‘renown’ + māri ‘fame’.