Cizmar

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 [de] 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).^{[citation needed]} Suffixes -ar/-an are common among Slavic and Romanian surnames.^{[citation needed]}

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 [cs] (1952-2005), Czech singer of Slovak origin

References[edit]

^ "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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[1] "Cizmar in English - Romanian-English Dictionary | Glosbe". glosbe.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.

[2] "čizmar in English - Croatian-English Dictionary | Glosbe". glosbe.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.

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v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler / shoemaker / cordwainer
Celtic	Quéré Gracie, Grassie, Grassick
Germanic	DeSutter/De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter Scheemaeckers, Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schuhmann, Schumaker, Shoemaker, Schoemaker, Schoeman, Schoomaker, Shoemark, Schuster, Shuster (from Schuster), Schumann, Shuman, Shumann, Stiefel, Stiefl, Stifel
Romance	Surnames ultimately from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Sutar, Soutar, Souttar Sutor De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto Scarpa, Scarponi, Calzolaro, Callegari, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corvaisier, Le Sueur, Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu (borrowing from Slavic)
Slavic	Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Cizmar/Čizmar/Čižmár/Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šuštar (from Schuster) Kopitar
Other	from סנדלר; "sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Sandler / Sendler, Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia

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