Kim

See also: kim, kìm, kiṃ, and kim-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪm/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Kimmi
• Kimmie
• Kimmy

 

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: كِيم m (kīm)
• Belarusian: Кім m (Kim)
• Bulgarian: Ким m (Kim)
• Catalan: Quim (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金 (zh) (Jīn)

• Danish: Kim
• Japanese: キム (ja) (Kimu)
• Macedonian: Ким m (Kim)
• Norwegian: Kim (no)
• Portuguese: Kim m
• Russian: Ким (ru) m (Kim)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ким m

  Roman: Kim m

• Slovak: Kim m
• Swedish: Kim (sv)
• Ukrainian: Кім m (Kim)

female given name

• Dutch: Kim (nl)
• Russian: Ким (ru) f (Kim)
• Slovak: Kim f
• Swedish: Kim (sv)

Etymology 2

From Korean 김 (gim).

Alternative forms

• Gim

Proper noun

Kim (plural Kims)

1. A surname from Korean, the English form of a surname very common in Korea. (김 (Gim), hanja: 金), the most common Korean surname.
   • 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.

Translations

Korean surname

• Arabic: كِيم (kīm)
• Belarusian: Кім (Kim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金 (zh) (Jīn)

• Dutch: Kim (nl)
• French: Kim (fr)
• German: Kim (de)
• Hebrew: קים (he) (kim)
• Hindi: किम (kim)
• Japanese: キム (ja) (Kimu), 金 (ja) (きん, Kin)
• Korean: 김(金) (ko) (Gim)
• Macedonian: Ким (Kim)
• Persian: کیم (kim)
• Portuguese: Kim m or f
• Russian: Ким (ru) (Kim)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ким

  Roman: Kim

• Spanish: Kim (es)
• Swedish: Kim (sv)
• Ukrainian: Кім (Kim)
• Urdu: کیم (kim)
• Vietnamese: Kim (金 (vi))

Danish

Etymology

Short form of Joakim.

Proper noun

Kim

1. a male given name from Hebrew

References

• [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

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪm/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Kim
• Rhymes: -ɪm
• Homophone: kim

Proper noun

Kim f or m

1. a unisex given name from English

Anagrams

• mik

Finnish

Etymology

From Danish Kim.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kim

1. a male given name

Declension

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

Statistics

• Kim is the 130^th 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 1099^th (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.

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Kim

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

Norwegian

Etymology

Short form of Joakim.

Proper noun

Kim

1. a male given name from Hebrew

Swedish

Proper noun

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

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 金 (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kim˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kim˧˧]
• Homophone: kim

Proper noun

Kim

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Kim triều
• nhà Kim

 

See also

• kim

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (nhà ～, ～ triều) 殷 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
		Eastern Zhou 東周 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國
Qin 秦 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
		Xin 新 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
		Eastern Han 東漢 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
Three Kingdoms 三國	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢
		Wu 吳
Jin 晉 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	266 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
		Eastern Jin 東晉 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 (~ triều)	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝 (~ triều)	Northern Wei 北魏 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
			Western Wei 西魏 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
			Eastern Wei 東魏 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
			Northern Zhou 北周 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
			Northern Qi 北齊 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
		Southern dynasties 南朝 (~ triều)	Liu Song 劉宋 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
			Southern Qi 南齊 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
			Liang 梁 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
			Chen 陳 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
Sui 隋 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
		Southern Song 南宋 (nhà ～, ～ triều)
Western Xia 西夏 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (nhà ～, ～ triều)	1636 – 1912 C.E.