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in reply to a message by Bobby Darin (no, not that one)
German: habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Westphalia.
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
This place was called Mimidon in the 9th cent., Mimthum in the 8th, and supposedly goes back to the name of a male nymph "Mime".
(Duden, Geographische Namen in Deutschland)
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
This place was called Mimidon in the 9th cent., Mimthum in the 8th, and supposedly goes back to the name of a male nymph "Mime".
(Duden, Geographische Namen in Deutschland)
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