Plymire Family History
Plymire Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Bleimeier a variant of Bleimeister an occupational name for an operator of a siege machine (a ballista Middle High German blīde) in which the second element -meier ‘steward’ has been substituted for -meister ‘master’ (a not uncommon exchange). Compare Pleiman .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022