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Type Surname (from given name & from occupation)
Usage Jewish, Anglo-Saxon
Other Forms FormsEamer, Emar, Emer, Emere, Emmer, Emor, Eymer, Eymor, Emors, Immer, Imore
Meaning & History
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from Yiddish emer ‘pail’, ‘bucket’. Another source has this explanation:This unusual surname has two origins.
Firstly, it may be from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Ermhar, meaning "large army."
Secondly, it may have originated as one of the forms of Aylmer or Aimar, from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Æðelmær", meaning "famous noble." The spellings were "fused" in the medieval period, making it impossible to decide the origin of a particular surname.
Firstly, it may be from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Ermhar, meaning "large army."
Secondly, it may have originated as one of the forms of Aylmer or Aimar, from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Æðelmær", meaning "famous noble." The spellings were "fused" in the medieval period, making it impossible to decide the origin of a particular surname.