Mime

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A form of acting without words; pantomime

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/maɪm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mime is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 204K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 1.1M
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.6M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Syria (inferred from the name graph)

≈95 people, est.

Sources
63 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 204K (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Lat. memor 'mindful, remembering'; name of a wise forest-water spirit

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

How Mime is read(measured from records)

Mime is one spelling over 3 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.

  • English28%

    A form of acting without words; pantomime.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Spanish19%

    inflection of mimar:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Arabic17%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Mime in Arabic.

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)

Mime 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.

Where Mime is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SY Syria≈95 est.≈1 in 204KMime2
NG Nigeria≈85 est.≈1 in 2.5MMime4
US United States≈74 est.≈1 in 4.5MMime63
PH Philippines≈52 est.≈1 in 2.1MMime9
MY Malaysia≈21 est.≈1 in 1.6MMime7
SG Singapore≈6 est.≈1 in 1.1MMime3

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.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mime is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Colombia, United States, Peru

    Also written Mimé, Mìme, Mimë

  • French given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Mimé, Mîme, Mimè, Mimē, Mïmė

  • Bangla given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh

    Also written মিমে, Mimë

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Mime 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.

  • In German, from Lat. memor 'mindful, remembering'; name of a wise forest-water spirit

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of みめ

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, pantomime actor, mime

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, vocative singular of mīmus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

Where does the name Mime come from?
from Lat. memor 'mindful, remembering'; name of a wise forest-water spirit Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Mime?
A machine transcription gives /maɪm/ (IPA) for English.
Is Mime a male or female name?
Mime is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What does the name Mime mean?
In English, A form of acting without words; pantomime.
In which country does Mime have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 95 people named Mime in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mime.
How common is the name Mime?
Mondonomo estimates about 95 people in Syria have Mime as their first given name, about 1 in 204 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Mime”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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