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Throughout the world, Alima (Alima , Алима , アリマ ) is a common principally female, but very seldom male given name. The forename Alima is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common female name, Kazakhstan, and Cameroon, where it is quite a common largely girly, but uncommonly masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Kazakhstan, and Cameroon. Much less frequently, Alima is the last name as well as the forename.