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Клим
“to press, clamp + to climb”
Клим (Klym) is a masculine given name from Greek, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Clement.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Клим is Klim written in Cyrillic. As a German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “to press, clamp + to climb.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Клим comes from Greek, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Клим developed from Clemens. In Ukrainian usage, Клим developed from Κλήμης.
Клим’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Клим developed from the Latin form Clemens. In Ukrainian usage, Клим has a conventional equivalent in the English form Clement. In Russian usage, Клим can be written in the Roman alphabet as KLIM.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Клим has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Клим comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Клим
- Klim ChuryumovUkrainian astronomer and children's poet (1937–2016)
- Klim ShipenkoRussian director and screenwriterborn 1983
- Klym PolishchukUkraninan writer and poet (1891-1937)
- Klim KostinRussian ice hockey player (born 1999)
- Klym ArtamonovUkrainian basketball player (born 1993)
- Klim ZhukovRussian writer and historianborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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