Given name & surname

Cheema

Cheema is a surname from Punjabi.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cheema comes from Punjabi.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Punjabi ਚੀਮਾ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cheema’s family of names

In English usage, Cheema as a surname was borrowed from the Punjabi form ਚੀਮਾ.

Walk Cheema’s family in the name graph

Cheemaਚੀਮਾ

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

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

Similar names

If you love Cheema, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Punjabi

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Prakrit

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Punjabi

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Punjabi

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Cheema’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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