Comer

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How to Pronounce Comer

Pronounced KOH-mer /ˈkoʊmər/Medium

Meaning: Comer is an English surname that began as an occupational name for a comb-maker, from Old English camb 'comb'. Used as a given name it follows the surname-as-forename fashion, helped in the American South by admiration for figures like Governor Braxton Comer of Alabama.Low

In 30 seconds: Comer is an English surname-name once meaning a comb-maker, given quietly to American boys in the early twentieth century (said KOH-mer).

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MeaningComer is an English surname that began as an occupational name for a comb-maker, from Old English camb 'comb'. Used as a given name it follows the surname-as-forename fashion, helped in the American South by admiration for figures like Governor Braxton Comer of Alabama.

U.S. rank (1969)#4504 ↘ Falling

1969 U.S. births5 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)

Peak year1914

Total births (all-time)≈ 787

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Comer started as an English trade surname for a comb-maker and settled into family use. In the American South it gained a little extra life as a given name through admiration for the Comer family of Alabama, whose Braxton Bragg Comer served as governor.

As a first name Comer was never common, drawing only a couple dozen boys a year even at its high around 1914 and fading by mid-century. It reads as a solid old surname-name; a boy given it then would belong to a great-grandfather's generation now.

Did you know? Comer began as a job title, the man who made combs, long before it was ever anyone's first name.

Overall data confidence 45%

References - Comer — English occupational surname 'comb-maker'; Gov. Braxton Comer namesake

Variations

CoomerComberComor

Nicknames

Com

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Comer mean?

It is an English occupational surname turned first name, once meaning a maker of combs.

How do you pronounce Comer?

It's said KOH-mer /ˈkoʊmər/, two syllables, stress on the first.

Is Comer a boy or girl name?

Comer is used as a boy's name.

Is Comer a popular name?

No, it was always rare as a first name, an old surname-name seen only faintly in the early twentieth century.