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Worldwide, Syme (Syme , サイム , Сайм ) is a very rare epicene forename. The first name Syme is habitual in Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently female name, Philippines, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and Brazil, where it is an extremely rare unisex name. More prevalently, Syme is the last name as well as the forename.
Syme is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Syme , the mythological Greek character; Syme , the operatic character in the opera 1984 and Syme , the fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.