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Zimber used as a surname and believed to be Germanic but the meaning is undefined. Used as a surname in Eastern Europe since the 17th Century.

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Zimber may be a variant of the German word Kimber or members of a historic second century Germanic ethnic group. Now called the Cimbri. Kimber (name) is also a forename and surname.

Zimber and Zimmer is a German exonym for Cembra and related to the Cimbri ancestry.

Zimber may also be a corruption of Zimble(r) or Tsimbl. This was an ancient medieval stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. This instrument is similar to a Psaltery, Dulcimer or Cymbalom. Note: The German word Zimbel is cymbal (music), while Zimbal is Cymbalom.

People with this or similar surname

  • Diana Zimber, a member of the Tommy Gorman family
  • Liane Zimbler, née Juliana Fischer - an early female architect

    • Places

  • Zimber or Zimmers, a German exonyms name for the Italian Cembra a municipality of Trentino

    • References

    Zimber Wikipedia
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