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[Surname] Re: origin of surname Smarr

by Andy ;---) (guest)

5/30/2006, 1:47 PM

If you assume, that the CH was omitted, SMARR (Schmarr) may be a German surname. It's not in my books and I have never heard of it. There is the German vocabulary word "Schmarre" or "Schmarren" or "Schmarrn" with several meanings: a Bavarian dish made from flour / a blow or stroke / a lump. The latter would make sense as a surname: a fat and lumpy person. But this is no more than a guess.

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- shannyc +2

5/30/2006, 3:03 PM

Thanks for the information. That is very interesting and makes sense. That would be pretty funny to have a last name that means a fat and lumpy person.

shannyc

- Andy ;---) (guest) +1

5/30/2006, 11:44 PM

I also found this ...

Dutch (Smar): perhaps from a reduced form of Sigmar, a Germanic personal name composed of the elements sigi ‘victory’ + meri, mari ‘famous’.

http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=smarr&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

- shannyc

5/31/2006, 2:35 PM

Thank you for your help. I greatly appreciate it.

shannyc

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