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.
Czech: from a short form of the personal name
Erazim (see Rasmus).
German: from a Slavic
short form of the personal name Simon.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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