Given name & surname
Hamer
“one who wields a hammer”
Hamer is a variant of Hamar. One interpretation is “one who wields a hammer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hamer is a variant of Hamar. One interpretation is “one who wields a hammer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hamer has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Old English hamor; as a Dutch surname, it goes back to a word meaning “hammer”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hamer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 56
- 56 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 9 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 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,210 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.
Hamer’s family of names
Hamer has a related form in Hamar. In German usage, Hamer as a surname has a related form in Hamerle. In English usage, Hamer as a surname has a related form in Hammer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hamer
- Hamer BouazzaAlgerian-French footballer (born 1986)born 1985
- Hamer BudgeAmerican politician (1910-2003)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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