Nimmer
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Frequency: (309)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: habitational name from Nimmer, Westphalia, derived from a prehistoric word nim, nam, with a probable meaning of ‘marsh’.
2. South German: from the personal name Nidmar, composed of Old High German nīt ‘hostility’ + mar ‘famous’.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Armin, Kurt, Otto.
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