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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German zinment, zi(ne)mīn ‘cinnamon’, German Zimmet, hence an occupational name for a spicer. In some instances the Jewish surname is ornamental.

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