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

^ "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, Schoemaker, Schoeman, Schoomaker, Schuster, Shoemark, Schumann, Shumaker, Shoemaker,Shuster, 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, Sabaté , Sabater Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero borrowings from Slavic: Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu
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) Szydło Kopitar
Other	from סנדלר; "sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Sandler / Sendler, Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia

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