Kim
In Poland it splits almost evenly between women and men, one of the few names here that reads as genuinely unisex. Only about 340 people carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Kim Pronunciation
Kim is pronounced KEEM (/kim/).
What Kim means
Where Kim comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kim reaches back to Hebrew ground through Joachim, from Yehoyakim, and Scandinavian families later took Kim as a short form that could stand on its own. In English the same three letters point somewhere else, toward Kimberly, an Old English place name read as royal fortress meadow.
Rudyard Kipling gave the name a life of its own in 1901, when his novel Kim followed an orphan boy across northern India. The book fixed Kim in print as a full name, brief and unfussy.
The sense of gold, złoto in Polish, was attached to Kim later, more affection than etymology. On a Polish class register the name sits short and plain. Four letters, one syllable. It travels easily between English and Scandinavian, and it keeps its Hebrew thread through Joachim.
How many people are named Kim
1 in 123867 women in Poland is named Kim. 339 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1632 among female names.
Kim's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Kim as a middle name
Kim is a first name for 339 women in Poland and a middle name for another 136, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 558th, between Amber (136) and Melanie (136).
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#556 Jasmine137
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#557 Amber136
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#558 Kim136
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#559 Melanie136
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#560 Sol136