Given name & surname
Hamar
“one who wields a hammer”
Hamar is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who wields a hammer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who wields a hammer.”
Where it comes from
Hamar comes from Norwegian, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hamar’s family of names
Hamar has a related form in Hamer. Hamar has a related form in Hamir. Hamar has a related form in Hamor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hamar
- Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount GreenwoodBritish politician (1870-1948)
- Hamar BassBritish brewer, race horse breeder, and Liberal Party politician (1842-1898)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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