Zimmermann is a German surname and the occupational name in German for a carpenter. As a surname, it is often confused with the anglicized Zimmerman; the variance "nn" or "n" may have a number of implications: racial, ethnic and religious among them. As an occupational name, it derives from the Middle High German zimbermann, a compound of zimber, zim(m) er ‘timber’, ‘wood’ + mann ‘man’. Zimmermann may refer to: