Given name & surname · also Dutch
Bomer
Bomer is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.
Original GermanBöhmer
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bomer comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Bomer as a surname developed from Böhmer.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bomer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 5 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 1915. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 789 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.
Bomer’s family of names
In English usage, Bomer as a surname developed from the German form Böhmer. In English usage, Bomer as a surname has a related form in Böhmer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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