Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Nim isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 7 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 boys is 7 in 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 263 as a first name in 2020; 588 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.
Nim’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nim
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Nim, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Norris
“a man from the north”
>99% boys
Nels
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Napoleon
“a man from Naples” · “son of the mists”
>99% boys
Newton
“from the new town”
>99% boys
Elwyn
“a friend of the elves”
81% boys · 19% girls
Norman
“a man from the north”
>99% boys
Wilton
“from the town on the river”
>99% boys
Odis
Odis is a masculine given name.
>99% boys