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PALMER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Latin palma, PALMER means "palm tree." Before it was a surname, Palmer was an old byname for "a pilgrim," someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually been there.
Girl/Female
Australian, Chinese, Latin
Palm Tree
Boy/Male
English American Latin
Pilgrim; bearing a palm branch.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, Latin
Bearing a Palm Branch; Palm-bearer
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French palmer, paumer (from palme, paume ‘palm tree’, Latin palma), a nickname for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey, but there was a vigorous trade in false souvenirs, and the term also came to be applied to a cleric who sold indulgences.Swedish (Palmér) : ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér, from Latin -erius ‘descendant of’.Irish : when not truly of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford) perhaps because they were from an ecclesiastical family.German : topographic name for someone living among pussy willows (see Palm 2).German : from the personal name Palm (see Palm 3).
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Latin
Pilgrim
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Male
Egyptian
, a son of Rameses II.
Female
Egyptian
, a daughter of Rameses II.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Praised (One) of the Women
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Caraway.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Immovable; Steady
Boy/Male
Tamil
Gunavardhan | கà¯à®¨à®¾à®µà®°à¯à®¤à®¨Â
Female
English
Medieval English contracted form of Old French Johanne, JOAN means "God is gracious." Compare with masculine Joan.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Sanskrit, Telugu, Traditional
Precious Diamond
Male
Italian
Italian form of Hebrew David, DAVIDE means "beloved."
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From Denmark
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PALMER
v. t.
One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
n.
A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places.
n.
One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer.
n.
Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects.
n.
Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
n.
A palmerworm.
n.
In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.