All around the world, Nima (Nima 
, نيما 
, 尼玛 
, along with others...) is a widespread epicene forename. The given name Nima is habitual in Djibouti, where it is quite a common girly name, Bhutan, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Qatar, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in India, Iran, and Ethiopia. Much less frequently, Nima is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Nima | Iran, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Peru |
| نيما | Sudan, Egypt, Iran |
| 尼玛, 尼瑪 | China |
| นิมะ | Thailand |
| نیما | Turkey, Iran |
| Нима | Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia |
| Німа | Ukraine |
| ニマ | Japan |
Nima is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
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nima sarvestani Swedish-Iranian filmmaker, SE (b. 1958) |
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nima arkani-hamed American-Canadian physicist, US (b. 1972) |
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nima rezaei Iranian scientist, IR (b. 1976) |
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nima kulkarni American politician, US |
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nima gholam ali pour iranian-born Swedish author, SE (b. 1981) |
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| nima djama Djibouti singer, DJ (b. 1952) |
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| nima poovaya-smith museum curator, art historian and writer (b. 1953) |
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| nima mazhari CA (b. 1955) |
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| nima dervish Swedish writer and journalist, SE (b. 1975) |
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| nima dunzhu (b. 1965) |
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| nima nourizadeh British film director, GB (b. 1977) |
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| nima mousavi researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1926-8982) |
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| nima razzaghi-asl researcher |
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| nima mohammadzadeh researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-6844-0166) |
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| nima dehmamy researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1617-5502) |
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