Given name & surname
Hammer
“one who makes hammers; a carpenter”
Hammer is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who makes hammers; a carpenter.”
Original GermanHamerle
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who makes hammers; a carpenter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
Hammer’s family of names
Hammer has a related form in Hammar. Hammer has a related form in Hammir. Hammer has a related form in Hammor.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hamerlevariant · German
- Hemerlevariant · German
- Hammerlevariant · German
- Hämmerlevariant · German
- Hemmerlevariant · German
- Hamervariant · English
- Hammyrvariant
- Hammirvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hammer
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