The trim Surname
trim Name Meaning and History
- 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.
- English: from an Old English personal name, Trymma.
- 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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| Donna Trim b. 1917 |
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| Trim / Trym from Holsworthy, Devon, England circa 1750 |
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