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in reply to a message by Joseph
Chalmer is an alteration of the surname Chalmers, which is a Scottish form of the English surname Chambers, which in medieval times originally designated someone who was in charge of the private chambers of a nobleman's estate, or someone who worked in the chambers of a government treasury.
The surname is almost always Chalmers, and that is usually also the form of the given name. My own paternal uncle was named Chalmers. However, I have seen Chalmer before; some parents leave off the "s" when turning this into a given name, either deliberately because they don't like a plural-sounding form as a first name, or accidentally through simply mishearing the original name.
The surname is almost always Chalmers, and that is usually also the form of the given name. My own paternal uncle was named Chalmers. However, I have seen Chalmer before; some parents leave off the "s" when turning this into a given name, either deliberately because they don't like a plural-sounding form as a first name, or accidentally through simply mishearing the original name.
This message was edited 3/2/2006, 10:07 AM
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