Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword farmer.
usage
meaning
Ackerman English
Means "ploughman", derived from Middle English aker "field" and man.
Agricola Italian
From Latin agricola meaning "farmer".
Bachmeier German
Originally referred to a farmer whose farm was beside a stream, from Middle High German bach "stream" and meier "steward, tenant farmer".
Bauer German
From Old High German bur meaning "peasant, farmer".
Bauers German
Variant of Bauer.
Baumann German, Jewish
From Middle High German bumann meaning "farmer, builder".
Beckenbauer German
Means "farmer living by a stream" in German.
Beyersdorf German
Means "farmers village", from German Bauer meaning "farmer" and Dorf meaning "village".
Boer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bauer.
Bond English
Occupational name for a peasant farmer, from Middle English bonde. A famous bearer is the fictional spy James Bond, created by Ian Flemming in 1953.
Bowers English
Variant of Bower.
Buhr Low German
Low German form of Bauer.
De Boer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bauer.
Egger German
South German occupational name meaning "plowman" or "farmer", derived from German eggen "to harrow, to plow".
Fattore Italian
Means "land agent, bailiff, steward, farmer" in Italian.
Hoffmann German
From Middle High German hofmann meaning "farmer".
Meijer Dutch
Dutch form of Meyer 1.
Meyers German, English
Patronymic form of Meyer 1, Mayer 3 or Myer.
Sedláček Czech
Diminutive form of Sedlák.
Sedlák Czech
Means "farmer" in Czech. A sedlák had more land than a Zahradník or a Chalupník, but less land than a Dvořák.
Szántó Hungarian
Occupational name for a ploughman or tiller, derived from Hungarian szánt meaning "to plow".