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First name origin & meaning:

Polish: Winter

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Czech and Slovak: from zima ‘winter’, ‘cold’, probably a nickname from someone with a gloomy or unapproachable personality, but possibly also a topographic name for someone living in a particularly cold spot.
  2. Czech: from a short form of the personal name Erazim (see Rasmus).
  3. German: from a Slavic short form of the personal name Simon.

This name appears in the following lists: Calendar-Based Names