Shime

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Rōmaji transcription of しめ

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

Shime is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ALAlbania1 in 61K(measured from records)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 183K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 2.3M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈310 people, est.

Sources
36 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 61K (inferred from the name graph)

Albania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Rōmaji transcription of しめ

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shime 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 Shime is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈310 est.≈1 in 183K—Shime8
NG Nigeria≈91 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Shime6
AL Albania501 in 61K50——
US United States≈25 est.≈1 in 13M—Shime36
PH Philippines≈20 est.≈1 in 5.5M—Shime6
CA Canada≈5 est.≈1 in 7.5M—Shime11

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: INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • Albanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania

    Also written Shimë

  • Arabic surname20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia

    Also written ShiM, Shïm, Sĥim, Šhïm, Şhïm

  • Amharic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States

    Also written ሽሜ, ሺሜ

26 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Shime
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—50#4,285

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Shime mean, and where does it come from?
Rōmaji transcription of しめ Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Shime a male or female name?
Shime 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.
In which country does Shime have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 309 people named Shime in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shime.
Where is Shime most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Shime is densest in Albania — about 1 in 61 thousand people — even though South Africa holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Shime?
In Albania, the national register counted 50 people named Shime, about 1 in 61 thousand residents.

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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, “Shime”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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