Kim (first name)
Kim is a male and female given name.
Origin and meaning of the name
- English short form of Kimberly or Kimball
- Russian and Scandinavian short forms for Joachim and Joakim respectively
- Name of Chinese origin 金 (Mandarin: Jin (pronounced “Dschin”), Cantonese: Kam (pronounced “Gam”), Vietnamese: Kim (pronounced “Gihm”), Japanese: Kin) = gold, metal
Name days
Well-known namesake
Female
- Kim Appleby (born 1961), British pop singer
- Kim Basinger (born 1953), American actress
- Kim Bui (* 1989), German competitive gymnast
- Kim Buss (* 1986), German badminton player
- Kim Carnes (* 1945), American musician and composer
- Kim Cattrall (born 1956), Canadian-American actress
- Kim Clarke (* 1954), American jazz bassist and music teacher
- Kim Clijsters (* 1983), Belgian tennis player
- Kim Darby (born 1947), American actress
- Kim Delaney (born 1961), American actress
- Kim Dickens (born 1965), American actress
- Kim Director (* 1974), American actress
- Kim Echlin (* 1955), Canadian writer, university professor and documentary writer
- Kim Fisher (* 1969), German singer and presenter
- Kim Friele (* 1935), Norwegian LGBT and human rights activist
- Kim Gevaert (* 1978), Belgian sprinter
- Kim Gordon (* 1953), American rock musician, visual artist and curator
- Kim Gloss (* 1992), German singer
- Kim Greist (* 1958), American actress
- Kim Hnizdo (* 1996), German model
- Kim Kardashian (* 1980), American actress, model and entrepreneur
- Kim Kashkashian (* 1952), American violist of Armenian descent
- Kim Kulig (* 1990), German soccer player
- Kim Lankford (born 1962), American actress
- Kim Little (* 1990), Scottish soccer player
- Kim Loeffler (* 1972), American professional triathlete
- Kim Martin (* 1986), Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper
- Kim Myers (born 1966), American actress
- Kim Novak (born 1933), American actress
- Kim Petras (* 1992), German transsexual singer
- Kim Plofker (* 1964), American mathematician
- Kim Poirier (* 1980), Canadian actress, singer and television presenter
- Kim Raisner (* 1972), German modern pentathlete
- Kim Raver (born 1969), American actress
- Kim Renkema (* 1987), Dutch volleyball player
- Kim Rhode (* 1979), American marksman
- Kim Rhodes (* 1969) American actress
- Kim Seidler (* 1983), German actress and producer
- Kim Thomson (born 1959), British actress
- Kim Tolliver (1937–2007), American soul singer
- Kim Weston (singer) (born 1939), American soul singer
- Kim Wilde (born 1960), British singer
Male
- Kim Fupz Aakeson (* 1958), Danish writer, illustrator and screenwriter
- Kim Adler (* 1979), German television presenter
- Kim Andersen (* 1958), Danish racing cyclist
- Kim Andersson (* 1982), Swedish handball player
- Kim Bergstrand (* 1968), Swedish football player
- Kim Bodnia (* 1965), Danish film and theater actor
- Kim Borg (1919-2000), Finnish opera singer
- Kim Cascone (* 1955), American composer of electronic and electroacoustic music
- Kim Coates (born 1958), Canadian actor
- Kim Collins (* 1976), athlete from St. Kitts and Nevis
- Kim Falkenberg (* 1988), German soccer player
- Kim Fowley (1939–2015), American record producer, songwriter and musician
- Kim Frank (* 1982), German singer
- Kim Friedman (born 1949), American television director
- Kim Hasper (* 1975), German actor and voice actor
- Kim Hirschovits (* 1982), Finnish ice hockey player
- Kim Johnsson (* 1976), Swedish ice hockey player
- Kim Källström (* 1982), Swedish football player
- Kim Kirchen (* 1978), Luxembourg cyclist
- Kim Larsen (1945–2018), Danish musician
- Kim Leine (* 1961), Danish-Norwegian writer
- Kim Lindemann (* 1982), Swiss ice hockey player
- Kim Lykkeskov (* 1983), Danish ice hockey player
- Kim Magnusson (* 1965), Danish film producer
- Kim Mehmeti (* 1955), Albanian-Macedonian publicist and writer
- Kim Merz (* 1953), German pop singer
- Kim Nasmyth (* 1952), British cell biologist and molecular geneticist
- Kim Nekarda (* 1973), German painter
- Kim Newman (* 1959), British film critic, journalist and writer
- Kim Nielsen (* 1986), Danish track and road cyclist
- Kim Olsen (soccer player) (* 1979), Danish soccer player
- Kim Peacock (1901–1966), British actor and radio play speaker
- Kim Peek (1951–2009), American island talent
- Kim Philby (1912–1988), British secret agent and Soviet spy
- Kim Schmitz (* 1974), German entrepreneur
- Kim René Elverum Sorsell (* 1988), Norwegian ski jumper
- Kim Rossi Stuart (* 1969), Italian film and theater actor and film director
- Kim Taehyung (* 1995), Korean pop singer
- Kim Vilfort (* 1962), Danish football player
- Kim Warwick (born 1952), Australian tennis player
- Kim Weber (* 1971), German heavyweight boxer
- Kim Weston (photographer) (born 1953), American photographer
Fictitious
- Kim Possible, cartoon character in the cartoon series of the same name, see Kim Possible # Kimberly Ann Possible
- Kim (Kimball O'Hara), fictional character by Rudyard Kipling, see Kim (novel)