Zimmer is German surname meaning "room" or "chamber". Derivative names include Zimmermann (Zimmerman), the occupational surname meaning Carpenter, literally translated "room man" (i.e. someone who builds wooden structures to be lived in).
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Germanic |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Zimmerman, Zimmermann, Zimerman, Simmerman, Timmerman, Carpenter, Carpentier, Charpentier |
List of people with this surname
- Andreas Zimmer, German neurobiologist
- Andy Zimmer, American basketball player
- Art Zimmer, automobile executive, re-founder of Zimmer (automobile)
- Ben Zimmer, American linguist and lexicographer
- Bradley Zimmer, American baseball player
- Carl Zimmer, popular science writer specializing in evolution
- Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer, German zoologist
- Chief Zimmer (Charles Louis Zimmer, 1860–1949), catcher in Major League Baseball
- Constance Zimmer, American actress
- Cyril Zimmer, Australian rules footballer
- David Zimmer (disambiguation), several people
- Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
- Dick Zimmer, American politician
- Don Zimmer, Major League Baseball manager and coach
- Emma Zimmer, overseer at the Ravensbrück concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Gabi Zimmer, German politician
- George Zimmer, founder and CEO of the Men's Wearhouse
- Hans Zimmer, German composer, best known for film scores
- Hans-Peter Zimmer, German painter and sculptor
- Heinrich Zimmer (1890–1943), German indologist
- Heinrich Zimmer (Celticist) (1851–1910), German celticist
- J. Eugene Zimmer (1912–1995), New York assemblyman
- Joana Zimmer, German pop music singer
- John Zimmer, co-founder of rideshare program Zimride
- John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957), American ornithologist
- Karl Zimmer, German physicist and radiation biologist
- Kim Zimmer, American actress
- Kyle Zimmer, American baseball player
- Laurie Zimmer, former American actress
- Louis Zimmer, Belgian clockmaker and astronomer
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author of fantasy novels
- Matthias Zimmer (born 1961), German politician
- Michael Zimmer, a privacy and social media scholar
- Mike Zimmer, head coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL
- Nathan Löb David Zimmer, English Kabbalist
- Norma Zimmer, American vocalist
- Patrick Benedict Zimmer, Catholic philosopher and theologian
- Paul Zimmer (disambiguation), several people
- Richard Zimmer (general) (1893–1971), German military officer
- Robert Zimmer, former provost of Brown University, mathematician, and current president of the University of Chicago
- Robert Zimmer (philosopher), German philosopher and essayist
- Rod Zimmer (1942–2016), Canadian senator
- Sabine Zimmer, German race walker
- Tom Zimmer, (born 1952), American baseball player, coach and manager
Fictional characters
- Anthony Zimmer, fictional character
- David Zimmer, main character in The Book of Illusions
- Leila Kwan Zimmer, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
- Doctor Zimmer, a fictional character from the 2008 console game Fallout 3
References
See also
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