Sima is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “sign.” In 2024 it was given to 74 girls in the United States.
Sima belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “sign” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sima first appears in Social Security records in 1920. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2452 in 2024, and in 2024 74 babies received the name — 2,060 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Sima means “sign” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Sima is a girl name. In 2024, 74 babies received the name in the US.
Sima comes from the Biblical & Christian, Muslim & Arabic, Hindu & Indian, Turkish and Persian tradition.
Sima first appears in US records in 1920. Its best-ever ranking was #2452 in 2024, and 74 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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