Zimmerman is a surname variant of the German Zimmermann , meaning " carpenter " (literally "room man"). The modern German terms for carpenter are Zimmerer , Tischler , or Schreiner , but Zimmermann is still used. It is also commonly associated with Ashkenazi Jews .
4-701: Zimmerman may refer to: Zimmerman (surname) , a surname and a list of people with the name Zimmerman, Ontario , Canada Zimmerman, Minnesota , U.S. Zimmerman, Pennsylvania , U.S. See also [ edit ] Justice Zimmerman (disambiguation) Zimerman , a surname and a list of people with the name Zimmerman Kame , an archeological site in Hardin County, Ohio Zimmermann (disambiguation) Zimmer (disambiguation) Zuckermann All pages with titles beginning with Zimmerman All pages with titles containing Zimmerman Topics referred to by
8-486: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zimmerman (surname) Zimmer in literal German means "room" or archaically a chamber within a structure; it is cognate with the English word " timber ". The German mann means "man" or "worker". Combining the two German words, one gets "a worker of wood", or, literally translated, "room man" or "room worker". Within
12-462: The United States, it is ranked as the 441st-most common surname. German names were regularly Anglicized with immigration. Surnames were often translated, so in this case, Zimmerman would become Carpenter . Later generations also altered their original family names frequently after being in the United States many years. Zimmerman may refer to: Florence Zimmerman, a character in "The House with
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