Given name & surname
Shima
“little mother”
Shima is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “little mother.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “little mother.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 111
- 0 boys · 111 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 8 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 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 796 as a first name in 2020; 759 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.
Shima’s family of names
Shima has a related form in Shimah. Shima has a related form in Shimma. Shima has a related form in Shyma.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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