The surnames: Cizmar/Cismar/Chizmar/Chismar (English), Čižmár/Čižmárova (f.) (Slovak), Čižmář/Čižmárová (f.) (Czech), Ciżmar (Polish), Čizmar (Serbian), Čizmar/Čižmar (Croatian), Csizmar (Hungarian), Čižman (Slovenian), Cizmar/Cismar/Cismaru (Romanian) and Cizmar/Cismar/Zhishman (German) have two possible origins:
- toponymic origin, coming from Cismar near Grömitz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany as well as Čizma in Bosnia Herzegovina;
- occupational origin, literally meaning 'shoemaker, cobbler' in Romanian[1] and Slavic[2] languages borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چزمهجی (çizme). Suffixes -ar/-an are common among Slavic and Romanian surnames.
The surnames may refer to:
- Boris Čizmar, Serbian futsal player
- Albin Čižman, Slovenian slalom canoer
- Tomaž Čižman, Slovenian alpine skier
- Miloš Čižmář (cs), Czech archaeologist
- Josef Čižmář (cs), Czech folklorist
- Joseph von Zhishman (a.k.a. Josip/Jožef Čižman), Austrian lawyer and specialist in canon law
- Maria Mirabela Cismaru, Romanian singer
- Paula Cizmar, American academic, playwright and librettist
- Richard Chizmar, American writer, publisher and editor.
- Valérie Čižmárová (1952-2005), Czech singer of Slovak origin
See also
- All pages with titles containing Cizmar
- All pages with titles containing Cizmarova
- All pages with titles containing Cizman
- All pages with titles containing Cismar
- All pages with titles containing Cismarova
- Cismar Abbey
References
- ↑ "Cizmar in English - Romanian-English Dictionary | Glosbe". glosbe.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ "čizmar in English - Croatian-English Dictionary | Glosbe". glosbe.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
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Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu (borrowing from Slavic) | |
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