Starmer (surname)

Starmer is a surname. It is an English habitational surname, derived from Starmore in Leicestershire. Alternatively, it can also be derived from "Stermore near Stowe", which used to exist in Staffordshire.^[1] Variants of the surname include Starmore, Starsmore, Starsmoor, and Starsmeare.^[2]

Notable people by that name include:

Aaron Starmer (born 1976), American author
Charles Starmer, British newspaper proprietor and Liberal politician
Clement Starmer (1895–1978), English cricketer
Keir Starmer (born 1962), British politician and Prime Minister since 2024
Nigel Starmer-Smith (born 1944), English rugby union player, journalist and commentator
Victoria Starmer (née Alexander), British former solicitor, wife of Keir Starmer
Walter P. Starmer (1877–1961), English artist
William Austin Starmer, American sheet music cover artist
William T. Starmer (born 1944), American geneticist and professor

^ Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (30 November 2022). "Starmer". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024511-5. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (17 November 2016). "Starmer". The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

[1] Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (30 November 2022). "Starmer". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024511-5. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

[2] Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (17 November 2016). "Starmer". The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

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