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wimp Name Meaning and History

English: unexplained. The derogatory English word wimp, denoting a feeble person, is far too recent to be the source of a surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of wimp Families in the US in 1920
Number of wimp families
 6-10
 3-5
 1-2
 0
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Threads: 8 - Messages: 50
ThreadAuthorReplies
Carolyn Wimp's book dated May 1985 Mary Ellen 14
James A. Wimp m. Jemima Barnes lbarnes5151 11
Rachel Wimp Wimp/Shacklett/Sipes/Howell 3
Wimbe family K. Davis 0
Edward H Wimp jnick94 1
WIMP, Adrian & Emma in Oregon Cyndi 0
Catharine Wimp Judy Jackson 12
Elizabeth Jane Wimp Samantha 1

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