Shima is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “island.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 girls in 2008.
Shima belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “island” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Shima first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7934 in 1979, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 111 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Shima means “island” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Shima is a girl name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2008.
Shima comes from the Japanese tradition.
Shima first appears in US records in 1975. Its best-ever ranking was #7934 in 1979, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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