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Across the world, Shim (Shim
, شيم
, Шим
) is quite a rare epicene given name. The first name Shim is characteristic of Maldives, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare largely girly, but infrequently masculine name, and Oman, where it is quite a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in China, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia. More prevalently, Shim is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Shim | Myanmar, South Korea, Malaysia, United States, China |
| شيم | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Oman |
| Шим | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| 심 | South Korea |
Shim is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yu Shen , the Jin Ping Mei character.