Starmer is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. It is an English

habitational surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

, derived from Starmore in Leicestershire. Alternatively, it can also be derived from "Stermore near Stowe", which used to exist in

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...

. Variants of the surname include Starmore, Starsmore, Starsmoor, and Starsmeare. Notable people by that name include: * Aaron Starmer (born 1976), American author * Charles Starmer (1870–1933), British newspaper proprietor and Liberal politician * Clement Starmer (1895–1978), English cricketer *

Keir Starmer Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously ...

(born 1962), British politician and Prime Minister since 2024 *

Nigel Starmer-Smith Nigel Starmer-Smith (born 25 December 1944) is a British retired international rugby union player, British rugby journalist and commentator. He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and University College, Oxford. After university, ...

(born 1944), English rugby union player, journalist and commentator *

Victoria Starmer Victoria, Lady Starmer (; born 1973 or 1974), is a British occupational health administrator and former solicitor. She is the wife of Keir Starmer, who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour P ...

(), British former solicitor, wife of Keir Starmer * Walter P. Starmer (1877–1961), English artist *

William Austin Starmer The brothers William Austin Starmer and Frederick Waite Starmer were noted sheet music cover artists born in Leeds. Career "Starmer" is a household name to collectors of sheet music and appears on innumerable covers dating from the early 1900s ...

, American sheet music cover artist * William T. Starmer (born 1944), American geneticist and professor * Darren Starmer (born 1972), Associate professor at University of Notre Dame, Australia

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