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Farmer is an English surname. Although an occupationally derived surname, it was not given to tillers of the soil, but to collectors of taxes and tithes specializing in the collection of funds from agricultural leases. [ 1 ]
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
The most well-known example of this kind of surname is probably Kierkegaard (combined by the words "kirke/kierke" (= church) and "gaard" (= farm) meaning "the farm located by the Church". [2] It is, however, a common misunderstanding that the name relates to its direct translation: churchyard/cemetery), but many others could be cited.
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C. Canner (surname) Carder (surname) Carpender; Carpenter (surname) Carter (name) Cartwright (surname) Chalmers (surname) Chamberlain (surname) Chamberlayne (surname)
Meier, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer) Lehmann, occupation/class ; Schmid, occupation ; Schulze, occupation (medieval mayor) Maier, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer) Köhler, occupation (charcoal-maker) Herrmann, forename; König, house name ("king")
However some occupations have overlapping meanings, both historically and across different languages. In such cases, such as for tinker/tinsmith/plumber, they may be handled with a common template. Some of surname variants may be listed in the same page, while others, more popular ones, may deserve separate pages.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...