Nima Forename
4,711th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 221,626 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Bhutan
Nima Forename User-submission:
Nima or Nimma is a name of Persian origin, which has several meanings. In new Persian it means 'half moon'. In Middle Persian it means 'little king' or 'famous'. In the Dekhoda Dictionary it means 'fair one'.
Nima Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 100% | 73,430 | 1:1,069 | 192 |
| India | 79% | 61,054 | 1:19,898 | 2,845 |
| Nepal | 53% | 33,173 | 1:859 | 165 |
| Indonesia | 86% | 10,657 | 1:24,206 | 3,316 |
| Bhutan | 62% | 7,613 | 1:108 | 21 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 7,398 | 1:13,187 | 1,856 |
| Djibouti | - | 3,871 | 1:237 | 54 |
| Kenya | - | 3,176 | 1:14,580 | 1,615 |
| United States | 67% | 2,458 | 1:147,493 | 5,816 |
| Somalia | - | 2,114 | 1:6,398 | 734 |
| Bangladesh | 87% | 1,925 | 1:82,837 | 6,005 |
| Chad | 75% | 1,606 | 1:8,467 | 1,342 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Thailand | 89% | 1,059 | 1:66,162 | 6,483 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,005 | 1:32,969 | 2,535 |
| Nigeria | 63% | 699 | 1:254,026 | 10,111 |
| Egypt | 86% | 694 | 1:132,422 | 5,546 |
| Mali | 73% | 663 | 1:25,607 | 1,686 |
| Russia | 94% | 620 | 1:232,635 | 3,286 |
| England | 79% | 618 | 1:89,972 | 3,516 |
| Sweden | 84% | 571 | 1:17,264 | 1,266 |
| Morocco | 100% | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Israel | 78% | 443 | 1:18,968 | 1,830 |
| Afghanistan | 88% | 406 | 1:80,353 | 3,079 |
| Burkina Faso | 93% | 362 | 1:50,772 | 3,429 |
| Tanzania | 74% | 295 | 1:178,943 | 7,833 |
| Benin | 100% | 290 | 1:36,468 | 3,195 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 285 | 1:80,968 | 5,215 |
| Ghana | 100% | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Germany | 75% | 262 | 1:369,000 | 4,396 |
| Niger | 95% | 262 | 1:73,221 | 3,086 |
| Netherlands | 88% | 259 | 1:65,259 | 4,031 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66% | 234 | 1:34,839 | 3,437 |
| Philippines | 98% | 227 | 1:467,002 | 15,942 |
| Australia | - | 202 | 1:67,612 | 2,878 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| France | 52% | 114 | 1:583,073 | 5,862 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 112 | 1:192,951 | 8,285 |
| Malaysia | 52% | 98 | 1:310,714 | 15,711 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 91 | 1:78,593 | 6,638 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 89 | 1:2,183,794 | 28,905 |
| Qatar | 55% | 87 | 1:27,237 | 3,729 |
| Norway | 100% | 83 | 1:61,835 | 2,363 |
| Mauritania | 66% | 74 | 1:55,341 | 2,769 |
| Denmark | - | 61 | 1:92,615 | 2,753 |
| Italy | 64% | 59 | 1:1,034,951 | 8,889 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Senegal | 54% | 55 | 1:265,116 | 4,692 |
| Switzerland | 92% | 39 | 1:210,602 | 4,800 |
| Iraq | - | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Belgium | 61% | 31 | 1:370,646 | 6,815 |
| Brazil | 100% | 29 | 1:7,387,454 | 101,232 |
| China | - | 23 | 1:59,393,730 | 62,751 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 20 | 1:28,202 | 1,466 |
| South Africa | 64% | 19 | 1:2,870,139 | 74,981 |
| New Zealand | - | 17 | 1:266,826 | 8,395 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Finland | 68% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Turkey | 78% | 12 | 1:6,483,476 | 25,958 |
| Wales | 70% | 12 | 1:257,859 | 4,217 |
| Uganda | 70% | 11 | 1:3,723,356 | 37,848 |
| Cambodia | 78% | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 10 | 1:58,096 | 3,433 |
| Spain | - | 10 | 1:4,652,996 | 15,347 |
| Japan | 100% | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Singapore | - | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Georgia | 67% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Scotland | - | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Czechia | 86% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Mexico | - | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Greece | 100% | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Nîma (4) & Nímä (1) are calculated separately.
Nima (26,549) may also be a surname.
Nima Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Nima or Nimma is a name of Persian origin, which has several meanings. In new Persian it means 'half moon'. In Middle Persian it means 'little king' or 'famous'. In the Dekhoda Dictionary it means 'fair one'.
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Nima Demographics
Nima Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 71 (2016)
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Nima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nima in the Russian language | ||
| Нима | nima | - |
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