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Yarima

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How to Pronounce Yarima

Pronounced yah-REE-muh /jɑˈri.mə/Medium

Meaning: Yarima's origin is genuinely uncertain; it appears among Latina families and also as a name in South American indigenous communities, but no single well-documented etymology is confirmed.Low

In 30 seconds: Yarima is a soft, uncertain name that flickered into American records for just a few years in the early nineties — possibly Latina, possibly indigenous, with no confirmed single meaning (said 'yah-REE-muh').
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Origin LowUncertain
MeaningYarima's origin is genuinely uncertain; it appears among Latina families and also as a name in South American indigenous communities, but no single well-documented etymology is confirmed.
U.S. rank (1995)#8067 ↘ Falling
1995 U.S. births11 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1994
Total births (all-time)≈ 66
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Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 199419911995

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Yarima is difficult to trace: the name shows up in Latina naming and also as a personal name in South American indigenous communities, but scholarly sources do not agree on a single origin or meaning. It is best described honestly as uncertain rather than assigned a root it may not have.

Its U.S. record is a short early-nineties cluster rather than a lasting trend, and its origin remains genuinely unsettled. Anyone drawn to Yarima should treat its meaning as open, and the name has not entered wider use.

Did you know? Yarima appears only across a narrow window in the early nineteen-nineties, a brief and unusual pattern for a name with no clear established root.
Overall data confidence 35%
U.S. Social Security Administration — brief popularity window, early 1990s

Variations

YarimarYaritza

Nicknames

YariRima

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Yarima mean?

Yarima's origin is uncertain; it appears among Latina families and in South American indigenous communities, with no single confirmed meaning.

How do you pronounce Yarima?

It's said yah-REE-muh /jɑˈri.mə/ — three syllables, stress on the second.

Is Yarima a boy or girl name?

Yarima is used as a girl's name in the U.S.

How popular is Yarima?

Yarima is very rare and appears only briefly in U.S. records from the early nineties.

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