Sim

• (patronymic surname): Simm

From Middle English Sym, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.

Sim

1. A male given name, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.

2. A Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.

• Simpson

Borrowed from Hokkien 沈 (Sím) or Teochew 沈 (sim2).

Sim

1. A surname from Hokkien.

Borrowed from Korean 심(沈) (Sim).

Sim

1. A surname from Korean.

Sim (plural Sims) (Christianity)

1. A Simeonite (follower of Charles Simeon).
2. (by extension) A person with Methodist tendencies.

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Most likely a clipping of simulation, as The Sims, SimCity, and related franchises are simulation games; compare sim (“simulator, simulation”).

Sim (plural Sims)

1. (video games) Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.

• Simblr
• Simguru
• Simlish
• Simmer

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sim is the 5732^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6047 individuals. Sim is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.08%) and White (22.69%) individuals.

• -ism, IMS, IMs, ISM, MIS, MIs, MSI, ism, mis-

From the flower Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]
• Homophone: sim

Sim

1. a female given name