Throughout the world, Гилим (Гилим 
, Gilim 
, Gylym) is a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine given name. The first name Гилим is characteristic of Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Kazakhstan, where it is a rare largely male, but seldom female name, and Russia, where it is a very rare boy's name. Likewise, Гилим is the last name as well as the forename.