Kimi

Where Kimi comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kimi.

  • Vowel-ended
Kimi through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,434 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Peak, #1,350
    66 babies named Kimi, the most in any year.
  3. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,629.
  4. 2025
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Kimberley, variant of Kimmy.
Namesakes

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