Given name & surname

Yim

Yim is a surname from Cantonese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yim comes from Cantonese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Cantonese 嚴, from Cantonese 閻.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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 Yim, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Chinese

Yi Ze

“happy and shiny as a pearl”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Chinese

Yi Min

“an intelligent woman”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Chinese

Đàm

Đàm is a surname from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

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Chinese

Yep

Yep is a surname from Cantonese.

No U.S. birth series

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Chinese

Ý

Ý is a feminine given name from Mandarin. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Chinese

Đinh

Đinh is a surname from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

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Chinese

Yeh

Yeh is a surname from Wade–Giles, ultimately from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

25% boys · 75% girls

Chinese

Yến

Yến is a feminine given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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