Selmer

Where Selmer comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Selmer.

Selmer through the years
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #819 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1888
    Selmer Jackson born
    American actor
  3. 1899
    Peak, #661
    10 babies named Selmer, its best rank.
  4. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1958
    Selmer Bringsjord born
    American computer scientist
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Selmer Jackson · American actor, 1888–1971
  • Selmer Bringsjord · American computer scientist, born 1958
  • Selmer M. Johnson · American mathematician, 1916–1996
  • Selmer Nilsen · Norwegian spy for the Soviet Union, 1931–1991
  • Selmer Malvin Norland · Norwegian photographer, 1875–1931

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.