Origin: | From Old High German words for noble, honorable and famous, well-known | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Elmer in particular | Gender: | male |
Languages of use: | Scandinavian, English |
Topics: | Asteroid 2493 Elmer, discovered 1978 |
US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
Similarly written: | Elmar, Emer, Helmer, Jelmer, Amer, Eimear, Eldar, Eldey, Elea, Eléa Details |
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Group info: About Elmer/Elma, the group of names with the same origin as Elmer | Language of origin: | Old High German |
Info about origin, male: | old Germanic two-element name |
| younger and shorter form of Aethelmaer |
Words: | adal = the noble, honorable Old High German |
| mari = famous, well-known Old High German |
Topics: | Two-element name |
Variants' top ranks: | 3:Elmar Iceland 2023, 17:Elma Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010, 659:Elmer USA 2003 |
Somehow related to: | Almira |
Old/original forms: | Adalmar Old High German, Aethelmaer Old English, Almar Old High German |
Name variants: | Edelmira, Elma, Elmira, Adelmar, Edelmiro, Ellmar, Elmar, Elmer, Elmo, Jelmer Sortable list Details |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Elmer | Series | Graph | Rankings |
USA decades | | 1990-1999 682 |
USA yearly | Graph | 2009 928, 2007 862, 2006 899, 2005 831, 2004 858, 2003 659, 2002 771, 2001 754, 2000 860, 1999 886, 1998 757, 1997 710, 1996 710, 1995 738, 1994 782, 1993 724 |
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