Jim

See also: jim

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪm/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: gym
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Proper noun

Jim (plural Jims)

1. A diminutive of the male given name James.
   • 2024 January 3, Jayna Bardahl, “Everything you need to know about the Michigan Wolverines”, in The Athletic‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 January 2026:

     Returning many key players from the 2022 season, Michigan was a championship favorite — despite starting with Jim Harbaugh being suspended for a different kind of three.

   • 2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 March 2025:

     Instead, they found the building locked and doors blocked by a plainclothes administrator named Jim Hairfield, who works in the agency’s security and facilities office, according to the education department website.

Synonyms

• Jimmie
• Jimmy

Derived terms

• Jim Hill mustard
• Jim Hogg County
• Jim Thorpe
• Jim Wells County

Descendants

• → Arabic: جِيم (jīm) (transliteration)
• → Greek: Τζιμ (Tzim) (transliteration)
• → Japanese: ジム (Jimu) (transliteration)
• → Korean: 짐 (Jim) (transliteration)
• → Mandarin: 吉姆 (Jímǔ) (transliteration)
• → Māori: Timi
• → Russian: Джим (Džim) (transliteration)
• → Unami: Jim

Translations

diminutive of James

• Arabic: جِيم (ar) m (jim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉姆 (zh) (Jímǔ)

• Esperanto: Jakĉjo
• French: Jacky (fr) m
• German: Jockel (de) m
• Greek: Τζιμ (el) (Tzim) (transliteration from English)
• Irish: Séamaisín m
• Italian: Lapo m
• Japanese: ジム (ja) (Jimu)
• Korean: 짐 (ko) (Jim)
• Māori: Timi
• Persian: جیم (fa) (jim)
• Portuguese: Tiaguinho
• Russian: Джим (ru) m (Džim)
• Slovak: Kubo (sk) m
• Spanish: Jaimito m, Diego (es) m, Yago (es) m
• Unami: Jim

See also

• Jaime
• James
• Jamie
• Jimmi
• Jimmie
• Jimmy

Anagrams

• JMI

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jim.

Proper noun

Jim

1. a male given name

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jim.

Proper noun

Jim

1. a male given name

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jim.

Proper noun

Jim c (genitive Jims)

1. a male given name

Unami

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Jim via Jim Thompson, a researcher of the Delaware people.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃim/ (phonetic respelling: Chìm)
• Rhymes: -im

Proper noun

Jim

1. a male given name from English

   Ahpusu wiyus na Jim.

   Jim is roasting the meat.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “Jim”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project