Gaumer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the German Gaumer, which referred to a person who functioned as a moral censor or supervisor in an official capacity. The German surname is a derivative of the verb gaumen (“to protect, to defend; to care for”), a term now limited to Switzerland. This verb in turn comes from Middle High German goumen, from Old High German goumen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). The verb is ultimately a cognate of the obsolete English verb yeme (“to observe, to pay attention”).
Proper noun
[edit]Gaumer (plural Gaumers)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaumer is the 27260th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 887 individuals. Gaumer is most common among White (94.81%) individuals.