Given name & surname
Kimm
“as precious as gold”
In Danish use, Kimm is a variant of Kim. One Vietnamese interpretation is “as precious as gold.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Danish use, Kimm is a variant of Kim. One Vietnamese interpretation is “as precious as gold.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Danish use, Kimm is a variant of Kim. An origin associated with Kim is Vietnamese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Danish use, Kimm is a variant of Kim. The history of Kim gives this family its wider story. In Rudyard Kipling’s Kim, the boy’s name shortens Kimball. That literary use is distinct from English Kim as a short form of Kimberley and Scandinavian Kim as a short form of Joakim.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Kimm through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 488
- 96 boys · 392 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 589 as a first name in 2020; 923 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kimm’s family of names
In Danish usage, Kimm has a related form in Kim.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
Similar names
If you love Kimm, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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