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Zimmermann, Zimerman, Zimmer, Simmerman, Timmerman, Carpenter, Carpentier, Charpentier |
Zimmerman derives from the German last name Zimmermann, a related surname. The modern German terms for the occupation of carpenter are Zimmerer, Tischler, or Schreiner, but Zimmerman is still used.
Zimmer in German means "room" or archaically a chamber within a structure. The German man or mann (in English the extra n is ignored) means "man" or "worker". Combining the two German words, you get "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.
Simmerman - a variant of Zimmerman.
Timmerman - Dutch variant of Zimmerman.
A Y-DNA Project exists for this surname.
Zimmerman may refer to:
Andrew Zimmerman (born 1968), American historian and academic
Arnold Zimmerman (born 1954), American ceramic artist
Arthur Augustus Zimmerman (1869–1936), American champion cyclist
Arthur Zimmermann (1864–1940), State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the German Empire
Benjamin Zimmerman (1862–1923), member of the Jewish emigration from Russia
Charles A. Zimmermann (1861–1916), American bandmaster and composer
Charles H. Zimmerman (1908–1996), aeronautical engineer
Charles S. Zimmerman (1896–1983), American socialist activist and trade union official
Dean Zimmerman, American philosopher, academic, and author
Dick Zimmerman (born 1937), American magician and pianist
Elyn Zimmerman (born 1945), American sculptor
Eric Zimmerman (born 1969), American computer game designer
Eugene Zimmerman (1862-1935), American cartoonist
Franklin B. Zimmerman (born 1923), American musicologist
Frederick Hinde Zimmerman (born 1864), farmer and businessman
Fred R. Zimmerman (1880–1954), governor of Wisconsin
George J. Zimmermann (1882–1938), American mayor of Buffalo, New York
George M. Zimmerman (born 1983), shot and killed Trayvon Martin
George O. Zimmerman (born 1935), Polish-American scientist and professor
Heinie Zimmerman (1887–1969), American baseball player
Herman F. Zimmerman (born 1935), art director and production designer
Howard Zimmerman (1926 – 2012), professor of chemistry
Jacob Zimmerman (1831-1912), newspaper editor and owner, politician, and businessman
James Edward Zimmerman (1923–1999), American physicist
Jason Zimmerman (born 1989), professional game player under the pseudonym Mew2King
Jeff Zimmerman (American football) (born 1965), American football player
Jeff Zimmerman (born 1972), Canadian-born baseball pitcher
Jeri Zimmerman, birth name of Jeri Ryan, (born 1968), American actor
J. Fred Zimmerman, Jr. (1871–1948), American theater manager and stage producer
J. Fred Zimmerman, Sr. (1841–1925), American theater owner
Joel Zimmerman (born 1981), progressive house artist known as Deadmau5
John Zimmerman (politician), mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
John Zimmerman (figure skater) (born 1973), American figure skater
Jordan Zimmerman (born 1975), professional baseball pitcher
Joseph Paul "Joey" Zimmerman (born 1986), American actor
Joshua Soule Zimmerman (1874–1962), American lawyer, politician, and orchardist
Kris Zimmerman, American voice actor and voice-over director
Leo Wrye Zimmerman (1924–2008), abstract artist
Mary Zimmerman, American dramatist
Matt Zimmerman (disambiguation), multiple people
Michael E. Zimmerman (born 1946), American philosopher, academic, and author
Michael Zimmerman (historian) (1951–2007), German chronicler
Michael Zimmerman (biologist) (born 1953), American biologist and professor
Nancy Zimmerman, American hedge fund manager
Oscar Zimmerman (1910–1987), American classical musician
Patric Zimmerman (born 1954), American voice actor
Paul Zimmerman (born 1932), American football sportswriter known as "Dr. Z"
Peter Zimmerman (born 1941), American nuclear physicist and academic
Philip Zimmerman (born 1945), American iconographer
Preston Zimmerman (born 1988), American footballer for Hamburg SV II
Rachel Zimmerman (born ca 1973), Canadian-born space scientist and inventor
Robert Allen Zimmerman, birth name of Bob Dylan (born 1941), American singer-songwriter
Robert C. Zimmerman (1910–1996), Wisconsin Secretary of State
Robert D Zimmerman (born 1952), American author of mysteries, psychological thrillers, and children's books
Roy Zimmerman (baseball) (1916–1991), baseball player
Roy Zimmerman (satirist) (born 1957), American singer/songwriter/guitarist
Ryan Zimmerman (born 1984), American baseball player
Samuel Zimmerman (1815–1857), Canadian railway entrepreneur
Shannon Zimmerman, American businessman and politician
Sheldon Zimmerman (born 1942), American Reform rabbi
Shraga Feivel Zimmerman, American rabbi
Steven Zimmerman, American organic chemist and professor
Thomas Zimmerman (1838–1914), German-American writer and translator
Trent Zimmerman (born 1968), Australian politician
Urs Zimmerman (born 1959), Swiss road racing cyclist
Vernon K. Zimmerman (born 1928), American accounting scholar
William Carbys Zimmerman (1856–1932), American architect
Lewis Zimmerman, creator of the Emergency Medical Hologram in the Star Trek series
Dr. Zimmerman, former employee of "the Company" in the Heroes series
Jára Cimrman, a Czech character of a universal genius
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