Cizmar

The surnames: Cizmar/Cismar/Chizmar/Chismar (English), Čižmár/Čižmárova (f.) (Slovak), Čižmář/Čižmárová (f.) (Czech), Ciżmar (Polish), Čizmar (Serbian), Čizmar (Bosnian), Čizmar/Čižmar (Croatian), Csizmar (Hungarian), Čižman (Slovenian), Cizmar/Cismar/Cismaru (Romanian) and Cizmar/Cismar (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 Hungarian,^[1] Romanian,^[2] and Slavic^[3] languages.

Both meanings are derived from the word čizma (and variants in other languages) meaning 'high boot', borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چزمه‌جی (çizme).^[4] The Slavic suffix -ar corresponds to English -er.

Notable people with the surname include:

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 (birth name Josip/Jožef Čižman), Austrian lawyer
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

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