Limmer
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See also: limmer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Various origins:
- English occupational surname for an illuminator of manuscripts, from Middle English luminour, lymnour.
- Borrowed from German Limmer, an habitational surname from any of several places in Germany.
- Borrowed from Dutch Limmer, from a Germanic personal name composed of Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”) + *mēraz (“famous, renowned”).
Proper noun
[edit]Limmer (plural Limmers)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Limmer is the 35447th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 635 individuals. Limmer is most common among White (95.59%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Limmer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 438.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Dutch
- English surnames from German
- English surnames from Middle English
- English surnames from occupations