From "German Names" by Hans Bahlow
Lüer (frequent in Heidelburg) Lürssen see Lüder
Lüder, Lüders (frequent in Heidelburg); also Lüdders, contracted Lühr,
Lührs, patronymic (father's name) Lührsen, also Lüer(s), Lü(e)rssen; Lühring,
Lührig; In the Middle Ages popular Low German personal name, equivalent Upper
German Liut-her: Leuther, Central German-Thuringian. Luther (Martin Luther's
father spelled his name Luder). Also see or compare to Lothar (Hlod-hari); the
original Germanic components hlod (lud) 'fame' and liud (liut) 'people,
nation, tribe' are hard to distinguish anymore. The short form (same as for
Ludolf!) was Lüdeke: Luderus (Luddeke) Northman, Stade 1300, Luderus (ludeke) Rufus,
Lübeck 1289, Luderus (Lutdolfia!) Stralsund 1280.
Ron Repking
In a message dated 2/18/09 9:14:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,
minilinny@gmail.com writes:
Can anybody explain to me why these people used different surnames?
As near as I can tell, surnames were not as "automatic" as they are now, and
people used names referencing where they lived, or what job they did, or
some physical characteristic. But Luers doesn't seem to be any of those
things. (Does anyone know it's meaning?) Some men took their wife's last
name (how very modern of them!) But others seem to have adopted it
randomly.
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