Updated March 7, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Chief
  • Hindi : Seduce
  • English : Leader
  • Old English : Land belonging to Cyneburg; royal fortress; meadow

Girl name variations

Kym

Kym

+ 20% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimmi

Kimmi

0 % this year
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Kimmey

Kimmey

0 % this year
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Kimmy

Kimmy

+ 33% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimball

Kimball

+ 50% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimble

Kimble

- 14% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimbell

Kimbell

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kemble

Kemble

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimatra

Kimatra

0 % this year
Feminine
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Kimber

Kimber

- 14% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Kimberly

Kimberly

+ 3% this year
Neutral
Common
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Kimberley

Kimberley

- 36% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimberlee

Kimberlee

- 4% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Kymberly

Kymberly

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimby

Kimby

0 % this year
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Kimmie

Kimmie

0 % this year
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Chief
  • Old English : Land belonging to Cyneburg; royal fortress meadow

Boy name variations

Kym

Kym

+ 20% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimmi

Kimmi

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimmey

Kimmey

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimmy

Kimmy

+ 33% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimball

Kimball

+ 50% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimble

Kimble

- 14% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimbell

Kimbell

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kemble

Kemble

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimberley

Kimberley

- 36% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimberly

Kimberly

+ 3% this year
Neutral
Common
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Kymberly

Kymberly

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kimby

Kimby

0 % this year
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Rare
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Kimmie

Kimmie

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Kim

Family name origins & meanings

  • Korean : there is one Chinese character for the surname Kim. Kim is the most common Korean surname, comprising about 20 percent of the Korean population. According to some sources, there are over 600 different Kim clans, but only about 100 have been documented. Kims can be found in virtually every part of Korea. The two largest Kim clans, the Kim family of Kimhae and the Kim family of Kyŏngju, are descended from semi-mythological characters who lived two thousand years ago. According to legend, the Kimhae Kim family founder, Kim Suro, came in answer to a prayer offered by the nine elders of the ancient Karak Kingdom. In 42 ad, these elders met together to pray for a king. In answer to their prayer, they were sent a golden box containing six golden eggs. From the first egg emerged King Su-ro, Karak’s first king. The other five eggs became the five kings of Karak’s neighboring kingdom, Kaya. The founder of the Kim family of Kyŏngju, Kim Al-ji, had similar origins. In 65 ad the king of Shilla, T’alhae, heard a strange sound from a forest near the Shilla capital, Kyŏngju. On investigation he found a crowing white rooster standing next to a golden egg. From this egg emerged Al-ji, founder of the Kyŏngju Kim family and subsequent king of the Shilla Kingdom. Because Al-ji emerged from a golden egg, King T’alhae bestowed upon the child the surname Kim, which means ‘gold’. It is estimated that about half of the one hundred or so Kim clans of modern Korea are descended from the Kyŏngju Kim clan.
  • Swiss German : unexplained.

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