# Hamer

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈheɪmər/ · frequency rank #47,086

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A placename for Hamer, near Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK.
3. A small city in Jefferson County, Idaho.
4. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
5. An unincorporated community in Dillon County, South Carolina.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”).
* As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer.
* As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”).
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.

## Easily confused with
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-her)
- **har** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-har)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-have)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-home)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hate)
- **hare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hare)
- **haze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-haze)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hume)
- **Hamm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hamm)
- **hams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hams)
- **haye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-haye)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-homes)
- **hated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hated)
- **humor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-humor)
- **hates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hates)
- **haven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-haven)
- **homer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-homer)
- **Hayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hayes)
- **hazel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hazel)
- **hover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hover)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahmer`, `haemr`, `hamerr`, `hamre`, `hhamer`, `hmaer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hamer