The gleim Surname
gleim Name Meaning and History
German: from Middle High German glime, gleime
‘glow worm’, attested as the name of various knights during the Middle
Ages; the surname may also have arisen as a habitational name from
Gleima, a place in Thuringia.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| GLEIM - SCHNIEDER - Ohio | Norm Schneider | 4 |
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| Gleim in Hesse, Germany | WGF | 9 |
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