Cizmar

The surnames: Cizmar/Cismar/Chizmar/Chismar (English), Čižmár/Čižmárova (f.) (Slovak), Čižmář/Čižmárová (f.) (Czech), Чижмар/Чижмарова (f.)/Чизмар/Чизмарова (f.) (Pannonian Rusyn), Ciżmar (Polish), Čizmar/Чизмар (Serbian), Čizmar (Bosnian), Čizmar/Čižmar (Croatian), Csizmar (Hungarian), Čižman (Slovenian), Cizmar/Cismar (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