Last Name FILMUR

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Meaning This name, in all probability, arose from a residence near a lake or a fertile piece of ground; 'Fille,' Saxon, denoting fullness or plenteousness, and 'mere,' a lake or moist piece of ground. The name has been spelled at different times 'Fylmere,' 'Filmour,' and 'Filmore.' Several other derivations may be found for the etymology of this name. From 'Filea,' Celtic and Gaelic, a bard, a historian, and 'mor,' great, that is, the famous bard. The 'Fileas,' among the Gauls, or Celts, were held in great esteem, and their office was honorable. They turned the tenets of religion into verse, and animated the troops before and during an engagement with martial odes, and celebrated the valorous deeds of the chieftains and princes who entertained them.
This name, in all probability, arose from a residence near a lake or a fertile piece of ground; 'Fille,' Sax., denoting fullness or plenteousness, and 'mere,' a lake or moist piece of ground. The name has been spelled at different times 'Fylmere,' 'Filmour,' and 'Filmore.' Several other derivations may be found for the etymology of this name. From 'Filea,' Celtic and Gaelic, a bard, a historian, and 'mor,' great, that is, the famous bard. The 'Fileas,' among the Gauls, or Celts, were held in great esteem, and their office was honorable. They turned the tenets of religion into verse, and animated the troops before and during an engagement with martial odes, and celebrated the valorous deeds of the chieftains and princes who entertained them.
Origin Anglo-Saxon



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