Zimmerman (surname)

Zimmerman
Family name
Meaning	Carpenter, room builder
Region of origin	Germany
Language(s) of origin	Germanic
Related names	Zimmermann, Zimerman, Zimmer, , 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.

Zimmerman may refer to:

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