Name: Jim

Gender: Male

Usage: Jim, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Jim are in general originating from Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Jim across the world, see James.

Meaning: Supplanted




The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5.

Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond

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The name Jim is ranked on the 56th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 6721600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.093% of the population. The name Jim has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Jim for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

The name day of Jim is 20 December.

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English and Irish: short form of James, already common in the Middle Ages.
