Given name & surname

Shimmel

Shimmel is a surname from German.

Original GermanSchimmel

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Shimmel comes from German.

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How it developed

From German Schimmel.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Shimmel’s family of names

In English usage, Shimmel as a surname was borrowed from the German form SCHIMMEL.

Walk Shimmel’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Sibling ideas

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