Cizmar

The surnames: Cizmar/Cismar/Chizmar/Chismar (English), Čižmár/Čižmárova (f.) (Slovak), Čižmář/Čižmárová (f.) (Czech), Ciżmar (Polish), Čizmar (Serbian), Čizmar/Čižmar (Croatian), Csizmar (Hungarian), Čižman (Slovenian), Cizmar/Cismar/Cismaru (Romanian) and Cizmar/Cismar/Zhishman (German) have two possible origins:


 * toponymic origin, coming from Cismar  near Grömitz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany as well as Čizma in Bosnia Herzegovina;
 * occupational origin, literally meaning 'shoemaker, cobbler' in Romanian and Slavic languages borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چزمه‌جی (çizme). Suffixes -ar/-an are common among Slavic and Romanian surnames.

The surnames may refer to:


 * 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 (a.k.a. Josip/Jožef Čižman), Austrian lawyer and specialist in canon law
 * Maria Mirabela Cismaru, Romanian singer
 * Paula Cizmar, American academic, playwright and librettist
 * Richard Chizmar, American writer, publisher and editor.
 * Valérie Čižmárová (1952-2005), Czech singer of Slovak origin