Zimmerman (surname)


Zimmerman is a surname variant of the German Zimmermann, meaning "carpenter". The modern German terms for the occupation of are Zimmerer, Tischler, or Schreiner, but Zimmermann is still used.
Zimmer in literal German means "room" or archaically a chamber within a structure; it is cognate with the English word "". 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 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:

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