Around the world, Sim (Sim 
, ซิม 
, シム 
, and others...) is a common gender-neutral first name. The forename Sim is habitual in Singapore, where it is quite a common epicene name, Macao, where it is quite a common female name, and Brunei, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Indonesia, and China. More prevalently, Sim is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Sim | Singapore, Malaysia, United States, Indonesia, Algeria |
| ซิม | Thailand |
| シム | Japan |
| Сим | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| 西姆 | China |
| סים | Israel |
| 심 | South Korea |
Fore, Não, Sam, Sebun, Sheem, Shen, Shim, Shum, Shēn, Shěn, Si, Siben, Siima, Simcox, Simms, Simpson, Sims, Simson, Smim, Sum, Syme, Sìm, Sím, Sîm, Sïm, Sīc, Sīm, Sĭm, Sįm, Sım, Sｉm, Tham, Thẩm, Xīn, Çim, Çïm, Çįm, Śim, Śìm, Śím, Śíɱ, Śîm, Śïm, Śĩm, Śīm, Śįm, Ŝim, Ŝĩm, Ŝįm, Šen,
Sim is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sim , the video game character and Yu Shen , the Jin Ping Mei character.
| su-ryun sim (b. 1534) |
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| sim sang-geon (b. 1889) |
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| lee keng sim badminton player, MY (b. 1920) |
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| chia pik sim badminton player, MY (b. 1928) |
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| archibald sim cricketer, ZA (b. 1942) |
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| keong sim American actor, US (b. 1969) |
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| min kyu sim researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-0616-1449) |
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| yon ju sim researcher |
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| kang hee sim researcher |
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| si mui sim researcher |
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| eby m sim researcher |
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| min sub sim researcher |
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| wei chung sim researcher |
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| yun su sim researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-3746-4947) |
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| lit wee sim researcher |
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