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It can be, if it's carried by someone of the Jewish faith or with a Jewish heritage or background, etc.

But otherwise, it's predominantly German and first appeared from a personal name to a surname via West Prussia and Pomerania in medieval times as one of the notable families in the western region.

One source traces it using elements of RAGIN("counsel") and MERI("fame"), with variants including Reinmar, Reimer, Reimers, Reymers, Remmers, Reijmers(in Dutch) and Ramiro(in Spanish); one other source identified it as Latin, meaning "thing man" or "matter man", but neither could be confirmed as far as this author is concerned.

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