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Mima
How to Pronounce Mima
Pronounced MY-muh /ˈmaɪmə/Medium
Meaning: Mima is a pet form of Jemima, a Hebrew name usually rendered 'dove', borne by one of Job's daughters in the Bible. It may also serve as a nursery short form of Mary or Miriam. Given on its own in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it carries the gentle 'dove' sense of Jemima.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Mima is a short form of Jemima, from the Hebrew for 'dove', and could also trim Mary or Miriam. American families used it as a given name in its own right from the eighteen-hundreds into the early twentieth century, when clipped nursery names were common.
It was never common, a couple dozen girls a year at most around the nineteen-thirties, and it faded through the century. A girl given it then would be a great-grandmother now, and it reads as an old pet-form name rather than a modern choice.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Mima mean?
It's a short form of Jemima, the Hebrew name meaning 'dove'.
How do you pronounce Mima?
It's said MY-muh /ˈmaɪmə/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Mima a boy or girl name?
Mima is used as a girl's name.
Is Mima a popular name?
No, it was always rare, an old pet form of Jemima seen only slightly in the early twentieth century.