Aylmer
loc · Latin script
Meaning: (i) from the medieval male personal name Ailmar, from Old English Æthelmar ‘noble-famous’; (ii) perhaps ‘person from Aylmer’, an unidentified place in Scotland
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Aylmer is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Canada.
- CACanada
- GBUnited Kingdom
- RURussia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(i) from the medieval male personal name Ailmar, from Old English Æthelmar ‘noble-famous’; (ii) perhaps ‘person from Aylmer’, an unidentified place in Scotland
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aylmer is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A male given name from Old English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, from OE Æðelmær, 'noble famous'; first attested Ailmar 1066 DB
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Old English; noble famous
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In English, Ailmar, Æilmar, Eilmerus, Aimar, Almer, Elmar, Elmer 1066 DB; Godwinus filius Elmari 1115 Winton (Ha); Hcelmerus Hy 2 DC (L); Ailmerus le Bercher 1212 Cur (Herts), quidam Ailmerus villanus ib. (Y); Henry Ailmer’ 1208 Cur (Berks); Roger Ailmar 1221 AssWa; William Elmer 1316 FA (Sx). OE ‘noble famous’. Elmer is also local in origin. v. also AYMER.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Irish, Aighlmear. This Anglo-Saxon name came to Ireland after the Norman invasion and, settling in Leinster, families so called became hibernicized. Bibl; Map Kildare
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmerb. 1650IEIrish Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy (1650-1720)
- Aylmer Bourke Lambertb. 1761GBBritish botanist (1761-1842)
- John Evans Freke-Aylmerb. 1838GBBritish politician
- Sir Fenton Aylmer, 13th Baronetb. 1862GBrecipient of the Victoria Cross (1862–1935)
- Aylmer Haldaneb. 1862GBBritish Army general (1862-1950)
- Aylmer Hunter-Westonb. 1864GBBritish Army general (1864-1940)
- Felix Aylmerb. 1889GBEnglish actor (1889-1979)
- Mimì Aylmerb. 1896ITItalian actress (1896–1992)
- Gerald Aylmerb. 1926GBBritish historian (1926–2000)
- Taylor Aylmerb. 1998USAmerican soccer player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 188 | #96,799 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 183 | #104,276 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 177 | #95,567 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of English Surnames (Reaney & Wilson, 1991) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aylmer mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) from the medieval male personal name Ailmar, from Old English Æthelmar ‘noble-famous’; (ii) perhaps ‘person from Aylmer’, an unidentified place in Scotland Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Aylmer have the most bearers?
- Aylmer is most frequently recorded in Canada.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aylmer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.