Hamar

See also: hamar and hämar

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”).

Proper noun

Hamar

2. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

Etymology 2

• As a Hungarian surname, a nickname from hamar (“fast”).
• As a Norwegian, surname, a habitational surname from hamar (“hammer; stone, cliff, crag”).
• As an English surname, variant of Hamer.

Proper noun

Hamar (plural Hamars)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hamar is the 41501^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 524 individuals. Hamar is most common among White (91.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hamar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120.

Etymology 3

From Hamer-Banna hámar.

Alternative forms

• Hamer

Noun

Hamar pl (plural only)

2. A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia.

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Hamar

1. Alternative spelling of Xamar (“Mogadishu”).

Anagrams

• Mahar, Ramah, Marah, marah, Haram, haram

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦamar]

Proper noun

Hamar m anim (female equivalent Hamarová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Hamar (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Hamar	Hamarové
genitive	Hamara	Hamarů
dative	Hamarovi	Hamarům
accusative	Hamara	Hamary
vocative	Hamare	Hamarové
locative	Hamarovi	Hamarech
instrumental	Hamarem	Hamary

Further reading

• “Hamar”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Hamar

1. Hamar (a town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Hamarr, originally the name of the farm Storhamar. From hamarr (“steep cliff, rock face”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hamar/, (newer and standardised) /²haːmar/
• Homophone: hamar

Proper noun

Hamar m

1. Hamar (a town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark)

Derived terms

• hamarsing (“someone from Hamar”)

Related terms

• hamar
• Lillehammer, Litlehamar, Veslehamar