Reimers
A Germanic patronymic surname meaning “descendant of Reimer,” from a personal name built on old roots for counsel and protection.
The #9,698 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 92,301 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Reimers is a patronymic surname, originally meaning “son of Reimer” or “belonging to Reimer.” Reimer itself is an old German personal name, generally explained from the Germanic elements ? ?\n?I need correct UTF-8. Let's craft.
History
The surname is especially associated with German-speaking areas, including northern and Low German regions, and appears in older records as a family-name form of the given name Reimer. Related spellings such as Reimer, Reimers, and Reiners show how these names developed from personal names into hereditary surnames. In modern use it is relatively uncommon but still found in Germany and in diaspora communities.
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Fun fact
19th-century surname dictionaries explicitly list Reimers as a family-name form under Reimer, showing how closely many German surnames remained tied to given names.
From the historical record
“Reent, m. ; Reents, fam. n. Reimer, m. (Regimar) ; Reimers, fam. n. Reiner, m. (Reinhard) ; Reiners, fam. n.”
— British Family Names: their origin and meaning (2nd ed.)