Grimm Family History
Grimm Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: nickname for a dour and forbidding individual from Old High German grim ‘stern severe’. German and Swiss German: from an ancient Germanic personal name from grīma ‘mask helmet’. This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). English: from Middle English grim ‘fierce grim’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022