title: Zimber
text: # Zimber
  
  Zimber used as a surname and believed to be Germanic but the meaning is undefined. Used as a surname in Eastern Europe since the 17th Century.
  
  Zimber may be a variant of the German word Kimber or members of a historic second century Germanic ethnic group. Now called the Cimbri. Kimber (name) is also a forename and surname.
  
  Zimber and Zimmer is a German exonym for Cembra and related to the Cimbri ancestry.
  
  Zimber may also be a corruption of Zimble(r) or Tsimbl. This was an ancient medieval stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. This instrument is similar to a Psaltery, Dulcimer or Cymbalom. Note: The German word Zimbel is cymbal (music), while Zimbal is Cymbalom.
  
  Zimber could also be a variant of the German word Zimmer[mann], chamber/carpenter (cf. timber).
  
  ## People with this or similar surname
  
  * Diana Zimber, a member of the Tommy Gorman family
  * Gisela Zimber, German writer
  * Liane Zimbler, née Juliana Fischer - an early female architect
  
  ## Places
  
  * Zimber or Zimmers, a German exonyms name for the Italian Cembra a municipality of Trentino
  