German: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, either from
Middle High German zim(b)er, zimmer ‘wood’, ‘wooden
building’ or a shortening of Zimmermann.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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