Ziem (family name)
Ziem is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Ziem is a family name derived from a Low German - Frisian short form of the nickname Siegmar ( sigu + māri ), where the letter Z- stands for S-.
Name bearer
- Alexander Ziem (* 1975), German Germanist and university professor
- Félix Ziem (1821–1911), French painter
- Hansjoachim Ziem (1908–1995), German traffic engineer and university professor
- Jochen Ziem (1932–1994), German writer
- Marco Ziem (1966–2013), German soccer player
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden Familiennames , Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2 , p. 744.