Cizmar
The surnames: Cizmar/Cismar/Chizmar/Chismar, Čižmár/'Čižmárova , Čižmář/Čižmárová , Чижмар/Чижмарова /Чизмар/Чизмарова , Ciżmar, Čizmar/Чизмар, Čizmar, Čizmar/Čižmar, Csizmar, Čižman, Cizmar/Cismar and Cizmar/Cismar' have two possible origins:
- toponymic origin, coming from near Grömitz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany as well as Čizma in Bosnia Herzegovina;
- occupational origin, literally meaning 'shoemaker, cobbler' in Hungarian, Romanian, and Slavic languages.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Boris Čizmar, Serbian futsal player
- Albin Čižman, Slovenian slalom canoer
- Tomaž Čižman, Slovenian alpine skier
- Miloš Čižmář, Czech archaeologist
- Josef Čižmář, Czech folklorist
- Joseph von Zhishman, Austrian lawyer
- Maria Mirabela Cismaru, Romanian singer
- Paula Cizmar, American academic, playwright and librettist
- Richard Chizmar, American writer, publisher and editor.
- , Czech singer of Slovak origin