Meaning of name Jim

The name Jim has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Jim is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Jim in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Jim is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Jacob. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Jacob.

The following names are baby names related to Jim and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Jim: Boys - Enos, Isaac, Uriel, Girls - Carmel, Elta, Mozelle, Rebecca, Zella, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit

The name Jim is a variant of Jacob. Other popular variants of the name Jacob are: Cob, Cobb, Cobby, Coby (Dutch), Giacamo, Giacobo, Giacomo, Giacopo, Hamish, Iacopo, Iacovo, Iago, Iakob, Iakobos, Iakov, Jachym, Jacko, Jaco (Hebrew), Jacobe, Jacobey, Jacobi, Jacobie, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobus, Jacoby, Jacques, Jacquet, Jago, Jaime, Jake, Jakie, Jakob (Slovene), Jakobe, Jakobs, Jakov, Jakub, James, Jamesie, Jamey, Jamie, Jamsey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaykob, Jayme, Jim, Jimmie, Seamus, Shamus, Yakov

We think the name Jim should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Jim to be: Creative, intelligent and unconventional chap

In one word, you might describe Jim as a(n) "creative" person.

See other "creative" names for boys.