Jima
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/dʒɪmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jima is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 229K(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden1 in 319K
- PTPortugal≈1 in 338K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jima itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 29 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 229K (inferred from the name graph)
≈480 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jima counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 229K | — | Jima | 15 |
| US United States | 245as Jimma | 1 in 1.4M | 229 | Jima | 22 |
| CO Colombia | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Jima | 9 |
| SE Sweden | 32 | 1 in 319K | 32 | — | — |
| PT Portugal | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 338K | — | Jima | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | 3 | — | — |
| PA Panama | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 629K | — | Jima | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jima is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In lua, to blow out, extinguish, put out, quench, erase, eradicate, rub out, blot out, cancel, scratch out, wipe out, go out (as fire).
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In Spanish, the harvesting and processing of agave to make mezcal
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dsb, dative/instrumental/locative dual of wón
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zlw-ocs, dual dative/instrumental of ona /oně
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mch, to throw water
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In grt, to be very
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 145 | #41,535 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 32 | #18,295 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 31 | #41,535 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 6 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2009 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Jima?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɪmə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Jima a male or female name?
- Jima is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Jima have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 476 people named Jima in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jima.
- How common is the name Jima?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 32 people named Jima, about 1 in 319 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Jima?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jimaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jima”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.