Sim

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sim"

English

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Alternative forms

  • (patronymic surname): Simm

Etymology 1

    From Middle English Sym, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.

    Proper noun

    Sim

    1. A male given name, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.
      • 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.
    2. A Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Hokkien 沈 (Sím) or Teochew 沈 (sim2).

    Proper noun

    Sim

    1. A surname from Hokkien.

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Korean 심(沈) (Sim).

    Proper noun

    Sim

    1. A surname from Korean.

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    Sim (plural Sims) (Christianity)

    1. A Simeonite (follower of Charles Simeon).
    2. (by extension) A person with Methodist tendencies.
    References
    • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

    Etymology 5

    Most likely a clipping of simulation, as The Sims, SimCity, and related franchises are simulation games; compare sim (“simulator, simulation”).

    Noun

    Sim (plural Sims)

    1. (video games) Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.
    Derived terms

    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.

    Anagrams

    Vietnamese

    Etymology

    From the flower Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Sim

    1. a female given name
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