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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname AYLMER,
AYMER, AYMAR.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological
Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A.,
1857.
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AYLMER, AYMER, AYMAR.
Bardsley has: A baptismal name meaning "the son of Aylmar" or "Ailmar."
Several instances occur in Domesday; v. Amery.
A common surname in the Hundred Rolls. It was already going out of fashion
in the 13th century as a font-name, and is rarely found as such in the 14th
century, but it secured hereditary honours as a surname somewhat early, and as a
consequence is well represented in our directories. The l is
usually elided in the United States, but this occurred so early as the 13th
century.
Arthur has: AYLMER.
This family trace their name and descent from Ailmer or Athelmare,
Earl of Cornwall, in the time of King Ethelred. Allmor, in Welsh,
signifies a valley or dale.
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O, P, Q,
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