Zimmers Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Whether you spell it Zimmers or Zimmer, the story begins in the same place. The family name meaning is “Carpenter”, the same as for Zimmer.

• You may also find the name written Zimmerl, Zimmerle and Zimmerer.
• The extra ending in Zimmers is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Zimmer's family.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.
• About 396 people in the United States were recorded as Zimmers in 2010, placing it 52,383 on the national list.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Zimmer and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Zimmers surname pack.