Across the world, Ima (Ima 
, イマ , Има 
) is a common epicene given name. The first name Ima is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is quite a common dominantly female, but uncommonly masculine name, Japan, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Nigeria, where it is quite a rare largely female, but uncommonly male name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and Japan. Also, Ima is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Ima | Japan, Indonesia, Algeria, Nigeria, India |
| イマ | Japan |
| Има | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Іма | Ukraine |
| ima shalom 1st century CE wife of Eliezer ben Hurcanus, a Mishnaic sage, and sister of Rabban Gamaliel II (b. 100) |
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ima hogg philanthropist and arts patron, US (b. 1882) |
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| ima van eysinga Dutch painter, NL (b. 1881) |
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| ima breusing German painter, DE (b. 1886) |
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| ima annioeta barones van asbeck (1896-1968) (b. 1896) |
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ima garrastatxu urbaneja mayor of Durango (Bizcay), ES (b. 1963) |
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ima jackson community engaged researcher, GB |
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| ima wells American politician, US (b. 1936) |
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| ima agustoni IT (b. 1935) |
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| ima galguén Spanish singer, ES (b. 1960) |
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| ima kosukegawa researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2385-6461) |
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| ima rahmawati Indonesian political candidate, ID |
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| ima c.g. vieira researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-1233-318X |
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| ima darmawan Indonesian political candidate, ID |
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| ribeiro ima researcher |
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