Nima

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin spelling of the Arabic both genders name نِعْمَة (Ni'mah) meaning 'blessing', 'gift from god', 'favour from god' [1]

2) Latin spelling of the Persian male name نیما (Nima) meaning 'just', 'fair' [2]

3) Latin spelling of the Persian male name نيما (Nima) derived from the name of a mountain probably meaning 'strong', 'powerful', 'commander of the army'

4) Latin spelling of a Russian both genders pet form of several different names [3] [4]

Related Names

Neema ♀/♂
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Nima ♀/♂
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Nimo
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Somali

Further Information

Nima is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries and Iran and Russia, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[5]
696 894 138 150 558 744
Denmark Denmark[6]
163
n.a.
22
n.a.
141
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
91
n.a.
15
n.a.
76
Iceland Iceland[8]
1 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
181
n.a.
61
n.a.
120
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Statistics as male name

Recent statistics trend[5][6][9][7]:Name statistics for Nima (m)

Sources: [5] [6] [9] [7]


References

  1. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
  2. Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  3. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/