Wittmer Family History

Wittmer Name Meaning

German:

from the ancient Germanic personal name Wittimar, composed of the elements wid(u) ‘wood, forest’ or wit ‘reason, knowledge, wit’ + marī ‘famous’.

variant of Widmer .

habitational name from a place so named near Wolfenbüttel.

Similar surnames:

Wittmer,

Widmer,

Wiemer,

Witmer

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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