Given name
Mima
“our little dove”·“dove”·“horn of eyepaint”
Mima is a form of Jemima. Interpretations include “dove” (Hebrew) and “horn of eyepaint” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Mima carries the interpretation “our little dove.” Mima is a form of Jemima. Interpretations include “dove” (Hebrew) and “horn of eyepaint” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Mima is used as a form of Jemima.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mima is a form of Jemima. The history of Jemima gives this family its wider story. In biblical tradition, Jemima is the name of the eldest of the daughters of Job.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 737
- 0 boys · 737 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 381 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mima’s family of names
Mima is a form of Jemima. Mima has a related form in Mimah. Mima has a related form in Myma.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mima
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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