Aime

Where Aime comes from

The dictionaries list Aime as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1930
    Aime Mäemets born
    Estonian botanist and hydrobiologist
  2. 1961
    First appearance
    #5,309 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1961
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1962
    Aime Hansen born
    Estonian poet
  5. 1994
    Peak, #1,357
    123 babies named Aime — more than any year before or since.
  6. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,556.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Aime Mäemets · Estonian botanist and hydrobiologist, 1930–1996
  • Aime Hansen · Estonian poet, born 1962
  • Aime Kuulbusch-Mölder · Estonian sculptor, born 1942
  • Aime Maripuu · Estonian writer, 1934–2026
  • Aime Sügis · Estonian politician and chemist, 1935–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.