Sim
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English
Alternative forms
- (patronymic surname): Simm
Etymology 1
- Chinese surname
- Borrowed from Hokkien 沈 (Sím) or Teochew 沈 (sim2).
- Korean surname
- Borrowed from Korean 심(沈) (Sim).
Proper noun
Sim
- A male given name, diminutive of Simon and Simeon.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.
- A Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.
- A surname from Hokkien.
- A surname from Korean.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sim is the 5732nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6047 individuals. Sim is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.08%) and White (22.69%) individuals.
Etymology 2
Noun
Sim (plural Sims) (Christianity)
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Etymology 3
Most likely derived from the word simulation, as The Sims, SimCity, and related franchises are simulation games.
Noun
Sim (plural Sims)
- (video games) Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.
Anagrams
Vietnamese
Etymology
From the flower Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a female given name