Nima (name)

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Nima (Persian: نیما) is a Persian male given name popular in Iran. It is also a popular female given name in India meaning "moon" and is derivative of the Sanskrit given name "Purnima", meaning "full" (pur) + "moon" (nima).

It also has a meaning in old Tabari or Mazandarani, which is "chosen archer" and also simply "archer".^{[citation needed]}

Etymology[edit]

Persian[edit]

There are different interpretations of what "Nima" stands for in Persian. It could mean 'famous, renowned', deriving from Middle Persian nāmik (nām 'name' + -ik 'adjective suffix'; 'a person of good name'). It could also mean 'half moon', a compound of nīm 'half' + māh 'moon'. Alternatively it could be a compound of nē 'no, not' + man 'I, me, human being' meaning 'no man'. According to Dehkhoda dictionary it could also mean 'just', 'someone who treats others fairly'.

In other languages[edit]

In Tibetan Nima (also spelled as "Nyima") is also a female or male given name which means 'the sun', also the one with radiance of the Sun. And in Hebrew as a female given name it means 'grace, mercy'.

People[edit]

People named Nima include:

• Nima (politician) (born 1978/1979), Bhutanese politician
• Nima Arkani Hamed, Iranian-American-Canadian
• Nima Fakhrara, Iranian film composer
• Nima Nakisa, Iranian footballer
• Nima Qavidel, Iranian footballer
• Nima Gholam Ali Pour (born 1981), Iranian-born Swedish journalist and politician
• Nima Gassemlo, (born 1991) Swedish photographer
• Nima Rumba, a singer from Nepal
• Nima Yooshij, contemporary Persian and Tabarian poet

See also[edit]

• All pages with titles beginning with Nima
• All pages with titles containing Nima
• Nima (disambiguation)
• Nia (given name)
• Nina (name)
• Niña (name)
• Nyima (disambiguation) which includes person(s) with that name

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