Details for the forename Kim

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Kim (male)


Diminutive for:	Kimball (M) Kimberley (M)
Pet Name for:	Joakim (M)
Feminine form:	Kim (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	1. English. Originally a short pet name for Kimberley, Kim is now a given forename in its own right but more usually feminine. 2. Irish, a diminutive of Kimball, from the surname, origin unknown. 3. Scandinavian, short form or pet name for Joakim, the Scandinavian form of Joachim, from the Hebrew "established by God".