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trim Name Meaning and History

  1. English: apparently a nickname for a well-turned-out person, from the adjective trim ‘well-equipped’, ‘neatly made’. The word is first attested in the early 16th century, but may well have been in colloquial use much earlier.
  2. English: from an Old English personal name, Trymma.
  3. Irish: habitational name, originally de Truim, from a place in County Meath named Trim.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of trim Families in the US in 1920
Number of trim families
 19-36
 7-18		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 76 - Messages: 258
ThreadAuthorReplies
TRIM janetsavage 3
William L. (Willett) Trim (25 Dec 1852-26 Mar 1910) @@cynthiamay@compuserve.com 22
Trim in Michigan Tina Vargas 15
Trim DNA TrimRolla 3
Bernice Opel Trim(Trimb, Trimm) baileyspaw1 0
Ezra Trim kitty_nevin 8
Abigail Trim/Trimm TrinaMcGarvey 0
Abigail Trim TrinaMcGarvey 0
Joseph B. Trim ConnieDresser 2
elijah trim ?1785 TN- ?1823 MS jo hubbard 17
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