Cramer/ˈkreɪmər/ is a surname. A British surname, with variant spellings such as Cranmere, Cranmer, Crammer. It can also be an Anglicized version of the German surname Krämer (pronounced [ˈkʁɛːmɐ]) which is an old term for the profession of traveling merchants in the Late Middle Ages. The meaning later changed to "merchants trading with different, rather small things". See also: Kramer (disambiguation).