The Zimmerlin Family Name

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Zimmerlin usually leads back to Zimmer. Taken at its root, Zimmerlin points to “Carpenter”. Zimmerlin adds -lin to the root of Zimmer, a common way of forming related surnames. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Zimmerlein, Zimmerling and Zimmering.

INSEE counts 454 people born in France with the Zimmerlin surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1951–1960. There were 39 such births in the 1890s and 31 in the 1990s.

There is no single Zimmerlin family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Zimmerlin family name pack.