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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Palmer m. Old French palmer 'palmer; pilgrim to the Holy Land; Crusader'.

France
Old French
1292 Paumier 1292paris p. 1
Italy
Latin
1285 Palmerii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 160; 1310 Palmerio (abl) MonRav-2 CCCL, Palmerius (nom) ibid. CCCL
1310 Palmeronus (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL; 1376 Parmerini (gen) DouGen1 p. 252
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Palmer". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Palmer.