Plymire Family History
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Plymire Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of German Bleimeier, variant of Bleimeister, an occupational name for an operator of a siege machine (a ballista, Middle High German blide), in which the second element -meier ‘steward’ has been substituted for -meister ‘master’ (a not uncommon exchange). Compare Pleiman.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Plymale, Fesmire, Plyler, Plumer, Dunmire, Plume, Fosmire, Frymire