Where Does the Zimber Surname Come From?

Zimber is a spelling of the German surname Zimmer. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Carpenter”.

You may also find the name written Zimmers, Zimmerl and Zimmerle. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Zimber writes “b” in place of the “m” found in Zimmer, a typical scribal difference.

Arms linked to Zimmer and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Zimber family name pack.