Kim

English, diminutive of Kimball
"warrior chief"

Kim Origin and Meaning

The name Kim is a boy's name of English origin.

Kim is forever feminized, despite memories of the Rudyard Kipling character.

# 955 in the US

Kim Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Kim

  • (Laurence) Kim Peek
    American savant who was inspiration for movie "Rain Man"
  • Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby
    British spy
  • Kim Manners
    American television producer and director
  • Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz)
    American creator of MegaUpload
  • Kim Vincent Fowley
    American record producer
  • Nicolas Kim Coppola
    birth name of Nicolas Cage, American actor
  • Kim
    common Korean surname born by the ruling dynasty of North Korea, including Kim Il,Sung, Kim Jong,Il, and Kim Jong,Un
  • (Joseph) Kim Mitchell
    Canadian musician and former radio host
  • Kim Coates
    Canadian,American actor

Kim in Pop Culture

  • Kimball "Kim" O'Hara
    hero of Rudyard Kipling's "Kim" (1901)
  • Kim Le Chien
    character in "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir"