Zimber used as a surname and believed to be Germanic but the meaning is undefined. Used as a surname in Eastern Europe since the 17th Century.
Zimber may be a variant of the German word Kimber or members of a historic second century Germanic ethnic group.
[ Auf Deutsch: Kimber, der; -s, -n: Angehöriger eines germanischen Volksstammes.] Now called the
Cimbri
The Cimbri (Greek Κίμβροι, ''Kímbroi''; Latin ''Cimbri'') were an ancient tribe in Europe. Ancient authors described them variously as a Celtic people (or Gaulish), Germanic people, or even Cimmerian. Several ancient sources indicate that ...
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Kimber (name) Kimber is a surname and a given name.
People with the surname
*Bobbie Kimber, English ventriloquist
*Cecil Kimber
*Chawne Kimber, African-American mathematician and quilter
*Edward Kimber (1719–1769), English novelist, journalist, and compiler of ...
is also a forename and surname.
Zimber and Zimmer is a
German exonym for
Cembra
Cembra was a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. On 1 January 2016 it was merged with Lisignago to form a new municipality, Cembra Lisignago
C ...
and related to the
Cimbri
The Cimbri (Greek Κίμβροι, ''Kímbroi''; Latin ''Cimbri'') were an ancient tribe in Europe. Ancient authors described them variously as a Celtic people (or Gaulish), Germanic people, or even Cimmerian. Several ancient sources indicate that ...
ancestry.
Zimber may also be a corruption of Zimble(r) or Tsimbl.
[
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Note: The German word Zimbel is cymbal (music), while Zimbal is Cymbalom.
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People with this or similar surname
* Diana Zimber, a member of the Tommy Gorman
Thomas Patrick Gorman (June 9, 1886 – May 15, 1961), known as "T.P." or "Tommy", was a Canadian ice hockey executive, sports entrepreneur and athlete. Gorman was a founder of the National Hockey League (NHL), a winner of seven Stanley Cups as ...
family
* Liane Zimbler, née Juliana Fischer - an early female architect
Places
* Zimber or Zimmers, a German exonyms Below is a list of German language exonyms for formerly German places and other places in non-German-speaking areas of the world. Archaic names are in ''italics''.
Algeria
Belarus
Belgium
* List of German exonyms for places in Belgium ...
name for the Italian Cembra a municipality of Trentino
See also
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References
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German words and phrases
Archaic words and phrases
Surnames of German origin