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Surname · Korean

김

“gold; metal”

김 (Gim) is a surname from Early Mandarin. It is used in Korean.

KoreanWritten in Hangul script. In English: Kim.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

김 goes back to a word meaning “gold; metal.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

김 comes from Early Mandarin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

김’s family of names

In Korean usage, 김 as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Kim. In Korean usage, 김 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Gim. In Korean usage, 김 as a surname has a transliteration in Gim.

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김Gim金KimКим

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Around the world

김 has relatives in 4 languages.

Korean

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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