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Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,470 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
The name Zimmerman is not a Jewish name. It is a sterotypical name like Goldburg, Finestein, Weinstine, Etc. These are German names. These names are associated with the Jewish population because many Jewish people settled in Germany, then later moved to other countries mainly because of the genocide circa WWII. My name is Edward C. Zimmerman, Jr.
Surnames of Mizrahi Jewish origin (7 P) Surnames of Sephardic origin (98 P) Pages in category "Hebrew-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category ...
Some traditional surnames relate to Jewish history or roles within the religion, such as Cohen ("priest"), Levi, Shulman ("synagogue-man"), Sofer ("scribe"), or Kantor ("cantor"), while many others relate to a secular occupation or place names. The majority of Jewish surnames used today developed in the past three hundred years. [3] [4]
Pages in category "Jewish matronymic surnames" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Pages in category "Yiddish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 533 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Zimmerman, Zimmermann, Zimerman, Simmerman, Timmerman 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).