Wim
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Dutch: a male given name, short for Willem
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʋɪm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wim is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country, where it is the 69th most common given name.
- BEBelgium≈1 in 676(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 2.6K
- DEGermany≈1 in 61K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Wim itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Belgium (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 167 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 676 (inferred from the name graph)
≈17,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Belgium, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled วิม in TH Thailand.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, short for Willem
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
How Wim is read(measured from records)
Wim is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Dutch64%
a male given name, short for Willem
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English11%
Initialism of warm ionized medium.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wim counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | #69 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 676 | — | Wim | 164 |
| NL Netherlands | #64 | 6,572 | 1 in 2.6K | 6.5K | Wim | 165 |
| CN China | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 415K | — | Wim | 7 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 61K | 3 | Wim | 108 |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 68K | #195,498 | วิม | 43 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Wim | 21 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the de-leipzig-vornamen register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wim is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Reduced form of witHELM.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Akan, descr. adv. forthwith, immediately, speedUy; altogether, en masse; - wim na dgm no atu; wobgg wim kgo agyina, they arose all at once and went aside for deliberation
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
ISO 639-3 language code for Wik-Mungkan.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
German: contracted form of WILHELM .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Wim van Estb. 1923NLDutch racing cyclist (1923–2003)
- Wim van der Gijpb. 1928NLDutch association football player (1928-2005)
- Wim Deetmanb. 1945NLDutch former politician (born 1945)
- Wim Jansenb. 1946NLDutch association football player and manager (1946–2022)
- Wim Mertensb. 1953BEFlemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist
- Wim Hofb. 1959NLDutch extreme athlete and motivational speaker
- Wim Kieftb. 1962NLDutch footballer
- Wim Delvoyeb. 1965BEBelgian artist (born 1965)
- Wim Opbrouckb. 1969BEBelgian actor and singer
- Wim Stroetingab. 1985NLracing cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 6.5K | #314 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 3.4K | #957 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 92 | #5,810 |
| DE Germany | Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene | 2025 | 3 | #1 |
| DE Germany | Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene | 2020 | 3 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2024 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wim mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, short for Willem Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Wim?
- In the etymology graph, William, Guillermo and Willie are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Wilhelm and Willem.
- How do you pronounce Wim?
- A machine transcription gives /ʋɪm/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- Is Wim a male or female name?
- Wim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Wim have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Wim in Belgium, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wim.
- How common is the name Wim?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 6,572 people named Wim, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Wim compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Wim is the 69th most common given name of 59,589 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Wim?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wimThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wim” — the 69th most common given name in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.