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  • (patronymic surname): Simm

Etymology 1

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    From Middle English Sym, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.

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    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.
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    Etymology 2

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

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    Sim

    1. A surname from Hokkien.

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    Borrowed from Korean 심(沈) (Sim).

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    Sim

    1. A surname from Korean.

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    Noun

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    Sim (plural Sims) (Christianity)

    1. A Simeonite (follower of Charles Simeon).
    2. (by extension) A person with Methodist tendencies.
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    • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

    Etymology 5

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

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    Sim (plural Sims)

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

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    • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sim is the 5732nd 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.

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    Vietnamese

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    Etymology

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    From the flower Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.

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    Sim

    1. a female given name