Kim (given name)
| Kim | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Both |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | multiple |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Kimberly |
Kim is a male or female given name. The pronunciation of the name is [ kim ]. [1]It can also be used as a shorter way of saying "Kimberly", "Kimberley", "Kimball", "Kimiko" and "Joakim". It can also be used as a nickname. The name Kim is of English origin and is derived from the Old English word "cyne" which means "royal" or "noble" [2] This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).[3]
Girls were hardly ever given the name "Kim" until the 1960s. Since then, it has become more common for females to be named Kim.[source?]
People with this name include:
Sports
- Kim Batiste, American baseball player
- Kim Bokamper, American football player
- Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
- Kim Gevaert, Belgian athlete
- Kim Grant (footballer), Ghanaian former footballer
- Kim Grant (tennis), South African tennis player
- Kim Hagger, English track and field athlete
- Kim Hirschovits, Finnish ice hockey player
- Kim Johnsson, Swedish professional ice hockey player
- Kim Källström, Swedish footballer
- Kim Rhode, skeet shooter
- Kim Sunna, Swedish professional ice hockey player
- Kim Warwick, Australian former tennis player
- Carlos Henrique Dias, Brazilian footballer nicknamed "Kim"
- Kim Yong-sik, Japanese and South Korean association football player
Politics
- Kim Beazley, Australian politician, son of Kim Edward Beazley
- Kim Campbell, first and only (to date) female Canadian Prime Minister
- Kim Carr, Australian politician
- Kim Edward Beazley, Australian politician
- Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
Artists
- Lil' Kim, singer
- Kim Appleby, British singer
- Kim Basinger, actress
- Kim Carnes, singer
- Kim Cascone, electronic music composer
- Kim Cattrall, actress
- Kim Chiu, teen actress in the Philippines
- Kim Coates, actor
- Kim Deal, musician
- Kim Deitch, comic book artist
- Kim Fields, actress
- Kim Gordon, musician
- Kim Ljung, musician
- Kim Mitchell, musician and radio personality
- Kim Moyes, Australian musician
- Kim Novak, actress
- Kim Petersen, also known as King Diamond, singer
- Kim Petras, German singer
- Kim Thayil, lead guitarist for Soundgarden
- Kim Wilde, singer
- Kim Wyatt, singer and dancer
- Kim Zolciak, American singer and reality star from The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Other
- Kim Kardashian, American personality
- Kim Komando, American talk-radio program host
- Kim Peek (1951-2009), American savant
- Kim Mathers, wife of Eminem, subject of song "Kim" from The Marshall Mathers LP
- Kim Stanley Robinson, American science fiction writer
- Kim Stolz, American fashion model, television personality
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Definition of Kim | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ "Kim name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Archived from the original on 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-23.