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origin of surname Smarr

by shannyc

5/30/2006, 12:22 PM

I am looking for the origin and meaning of the surname "Smarr". I have heard from others in the family that it may be Scandinavian or German. If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

shannyc

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This message was edited 5/30/2006, 12:24 PM

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- Albert Smarr (guest) +1

10/8/2018, 5:23 AM

According to Ancestry.com and citing The Oxford Dictionary section on surnames,
Smarr (Smar) is Dutch, possibly from the German "Sigmar". Our genealogy and
DNA show mostly English and Dutch ancestry.

- Lepic (guest)

10/8/2018, 8:04 AM

The Dictionary of American Family Names is a totally untrustworthy source. The surname Smarr is an alteration of Smaw as you can see at tinyurl.com/y9jqrn2h and Smaw is itself an alteration of Small as shown at tinyurl.com/ycebw9zr.

- Ron (guest)

9/11/2006, 3:04 PM

You may want to check in Iceland.They use the word "Snarr"(meaning a brave deed)as a surname. Smarr may have originated there also.

- Andy ;---) (guest) +3

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.

- 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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