Given name & surname
Almer
“a renowned and noble man”
In English use, Almer has a related form in Aylmer. One English interpretation is “a renowned and noble man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Almer has a related form in Aylmer. One English interpretation is “a renowned and noble man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Almer has a related form in Aylmer. An origin associated with Aylmer is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Almer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 881
- 559 boys · 322 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 312 as a first name in 2020; 377 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Almer’s family of names
In French usage, Almer has a related form in ALMIRE. In English usage, Almer has a related form in Aylmer. In Greek usage, Almer as a surname is a transliteration of Άλμερ.
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Around the world
Almer has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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