Sima
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.
Sima by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Sima. In the US, 49 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 59 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Sima
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Sima
Names that are said the same way as Sima, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Simea5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sima
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