Rimer
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Frequency: (633)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English (Lancashire): occupational name for a poet, minstrel, or balladeer, from an agent derivative of Middle English rime(n) ‘to compose or recite verses’ (Old French rimer).
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Riemer.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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