Schommer

Origin and meaning

· Schommer is a German family name that emerged from the profession of shoemaker (Middle High German: schuochmacher). There is a contraction maker.

· Naming after home to dialect Rhenish Schumm 'grass-covered, little fertile and therefore fallow land' for someone who lives on such a piece of land.

· Designation according to origin for the settlement name Schomm (North Rhine-Westphalia).

variants

· Schommers · Schomacher · Schummer · Schomer · Schomers

Name bearer

• Alberto Schommer (1928–2015), German / Spanish photographer
• Daniel Schommer (* 1981), German soccer player
• Erich Schommer (* 1907), German businessman and block leader of the NSDAP
• François Schommer (1850–1935), French painter
• Hans Schommer , German table tennis player
• Jakob Schommer (1886–1955), German priest
• Jan Niklas Schommer (* 1996), German soccer player
• Kajo Schommer (1940-2007), German politician (CDU)
• Karl-Heinz Schommer (* 1953), German architect
• Karl-Josef (Kajo) Schommer (1940-2007), German politician (CDU)
• Martine Schommer (* 1961), Luxembourg diplomat and politician
• Patrick Schommer (* 1989), Swiss ice hockey player
• Paul Schommer (* 1992), American biathlete

literature

· Kohlheim, Rosa / Kohlheim, Volker (2005): Duden family names. Origin and meaning [of 20,000 surnames]. 2nd Edition. Mannheim. Here p. 597.

· Gottschald, Max (2006): German naming. With an introduction to family names by Rudolf Schützeichel. 6th edition. Berlin and New York. Here p. 443.

Web links

http://woerterbuchnetz.de/cgi-bin/WBNetz/wbgui_py?sigle=RhWB&bookref=7,1891,15