See also: kim, kìm, kiṃ, and kim-

English

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of Kimball and Kimberley as a male name, and of Kimberley and Kimberly as a female name.

Proper noun

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Kim (plural Kims)

  1. A unisex given name
    1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
      • 1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter I, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 1:
        The half-caste woman who looked after him (she smoked opium, and pretended to keep a second-hand furniture shop by the square where the cheap cabs wait) told the missionaries that she was Kim’s mother’s sister; but his mother had been nursemaid in a colonel's family and had married Kimball O’Hara, a young color-sergeant of the Mavericks, an Irish regiment.
      Kim McCone(name of an Irish linguist)
    2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.
      • 1926, Edna Ferber, Show Boat, Doubleday, Page & Co, page 1:
        Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse. [] It is no secret that the absurd monosyllable which comprises her given name is made up of the first letters of three states — Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri — in all of which she was, incredibly enough, born.
      • 1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II, Viking, →ISBN, page 16:
        It will take some getting used to, a husband named Kim. She has known girls named Kim since she was a squirt in a sunsuit. Quite a few really. Kimberleys and plain Kims.
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Etymology 2

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From Korean (gim).

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Kim (plural Kims)

  1. A surname from Korean
    • 2020 February 16, Justin McCurry, Nemo Kim, “Parasite: how Oscar triumph has exposed South Korea’s social divide”, in The Observer[1]:
      Centring on the tension between the Kims, a basement-dwelling family of “dirt spoons” in Seoul, and the Parks, a family at the opposite end of the social spectrum, Parasite’s plot is predicated on the widening gap between the haves and the have nots in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy.
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Danish

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Etymology

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Short form of Joakim.

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Kim

  1. a male given name from Hebrew

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  • [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 34 878 males with the given name Kim have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Kim.

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Kim f or m

  1. a unisex given name from English

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Danish Kim.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkim/, [ˈk̟im]
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Syllabification(key): Kim

Proper noun

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Kim

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Inflection of Kim (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Kim Kimit
genitive Kimin Kimien
partitive Kimiä Kimejä
illative Kimiin Kimeihin
singular plural
nominative Kim Kimit
accusative nom. Kim Kimit
gen. Kimin
genitive Kimin Kimien
partitive Kimiä Kimejä
inessive Kimissä Kimeissä
elative Kimistä Kimeistä
illative Kimiin Kimeihin
adessive Kimillä Kimeillä
ablative Kimiltä Kimeiltä
allative Kimille Kimeille
essive Kiminä Kimeinä
translative Kimiksi Kimeiksi
abessive Kimittä Kimeittä
instructive Kimein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Kim (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kimini Kimini
accusative nom. Kimini Kimini
gen. Kimini
genitive Kimini Kimieni
partitive Kimiäni Kimejäni
inessive Kimissäni Kimeissäni
elative Kimistäni Kimeistäni
illative Kimiini Kimeihini
adessive Kimilläni Kimeilläni
ablative Kimiltäni Kimeiltäni
allative Kimilleni Kimeilleni
essive Kiminäni Kimeinäni
translative Kimikseni Kimeikseni
abessive Kimittäni Kimeittäni
instructive
comitative Kimeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kimisi Kimisi
accusative nom. Kimisi Kimisi
gen. Kimisi
genitive Kimisi Kimiesi
partitive Kimiäsi Kimejäsi
inessive Kimissäsi Kimeissäsi
elative Kimistäsi Kimeistäsi
illative Kimiisi Kimeihisi
adessive Kimilläsi Kimeilläsi
ablative Kimiltäsi Kimeiltäsi
allative Kimillesi Kimeillesi
essive Kiminäsi Kimeinäsi
translative Kimiksesi Kimeiksesi
abessive Kimittäsi Kimeittäsi
instructive
comitative Kimeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Kimimme Kimimme
accusative nom. Kimimme Kimimme
gen. Kimimme
genitive Kimimme Kimiemme
partitive Kimiämme Kimejämme
inessive Kimissämme Kimeissämme
elative Kimistämme Kimeistämme
illative Kimiimme Kimeihimme
adessive Kimillämme Kimeillämme
ablative Kimiltämme Kimeiltämme
allative Kimillemme Kimeillemme
essive Kiminämme Kimeinämme
translative Kimiksemme Kimeiksemme
abessive Kimittämme Kimeittämme
instructive
comitative Kimeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Kiminne Kiminne
accusative nom. Kiminne Kiminne
gen. Kiminne
genitive Kiminne Kimienne
partitive Kimiänne Kimejänne
inessive Kimissänne Kimeissänne
elative Kimistänne Kimeistänne
illative Kimiinne Kimeihinne
adessive Kimillänne Kimeillänne
ablative Kimiltänne Kimeiltänne
allative Kimillenne Kimeillenne
essive Kiminänne Kimeinänne
translative Kimiksenne Kimeiksenne
abessive Kimittänne Kimeittänne
instructive
comitative Kimeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Kiminsä Kiminsä
accusative nom. Kiminsä Kiminsä
gen. Kiminsä
genitive Kiminsä Kimiensä
partitive Kimiään
Kimiänsä
Kimejään
Kimejänsä
inessive Kimissään
Kimissänsä
Kimeissään
Kimeissänsä
elative Kimistään
Kimistänsä
Kimeistään
Kimeistänsä
illative Kimiinsä Kimeihinsä
adessive Kimillään
Kimillänsä
Kimeillään
Kimeillänsä
ablative Kimiltään
Kimiltänsä
Kimeiltään
Kimeiltänsä
allative Kimilleen
Kimillensä
Kimeilleen
Kimeillensä
essive Kiminään
Kiminänsä
Kimeinään
Kimeinänsä
translative Kimikseen
Kimiksensä
Kimeikseen
Kimeiksensä
abessive Kimittään
Kimittänsä
Kimeittään
Kimeittänsä
instructive
comitative Kimeineen
Kimeinensä

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  • Kim is the 130th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,902 male individuals (and as a middle name to 639 more), and also is the 1099th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 133 female individuals (and as a middle name to 168 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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Kim

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Joachim, from Hebrew
  2. a female given name from English, of recent usage

Norwegian

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Etymology

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Short form of Joakim.

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Kim

  1. a male given name from Hebrew

Swedish

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Kim c (genitive Kims)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, shortened from Joakim
  2. a female given name from English, of recent usage

Vietnamese

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (gold).

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Kim

  1. (historical) the Jin dynasty (1115–1234 C.E.)
  2. a surname from Chinese
  3. a female given name from Chinese

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Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
(nhà Hạ)
2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang
(nhà Thương)
(nhà Ân)
1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou
(nhà Chu)
1046 – 256 BCE Western Zhou
西周 (nhà Tây Chu)
Eastern Zhou
東周 (nhà Đông Chu)
Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國
Qin
(nhà Tần)
221 – 206 BCE
Han
(nhà Hán)
206 BCE – 220 C.E. Western Han
西漢 (nhà Tây Hán)
Xin
(nhà Tân)
Eastern Han
東漢 (nhà Đông Hán)
Three Kingdoms
三國
220 – 280 C.E. Wei
Shu Han
蜀漢
Wu
Jin
(nhà Tấn)
266 – 420 C.E. Western Jin
西晉 (nhà Tây Tấn)
Eastern Jin
東晉 (nhà Đông Tấn)
Southern and Northern dynasties
南北朝 (~ triều)
420 – 589 C.E. Northern dynasties
北朝 (~ triều)
Northern Wei
北魏 (nhà Bắc Nguỵ)
Western Wei
西魏 (nhà Tây Nguỵ)
Eastern Wei
東魏 (nhà Đông Nguỵ)
Northern Zhou
北周 (nhà Bắc Chu)
Northern Qi
北齊 (nhà Bắc Tề)
Southern dynasties
南朝 (~ triều)
Liu Song
劉宋 (nhà Lưu Tống)
Southern Qi
南齊 (nhà Nam Tề)
Liang
(nhà Lương)
Chen
(nhà Trần)
Sui
(nhà Tuỳ)
581 – 618 C.E.
Tang
(nhà Đường)
618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國
907 – 960 C.E.
Liao
(nhà Liêu)
907 – 1125 C.E.
Song
(nhà Tống)
960 – 1279 C.E. Northern Song
北宋 (nhà Bắc Tống)
Southern Song
南宋 (nhà Nam Tống)
Western Xia
西夏 (nhà Tây Hạ)
1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin
(nhà Kim)
1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao
西遼 (nhà Tây Liêu)
1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan
(nhà Nguyên)
1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming
(nhà Minh)
1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing
(nhà Thanh)
1636 – 1912 C.E.