Entry № 4869 · Other origin

Nima Nima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Sun / Sunday-born (Sherpa-Tibetan + Persian gift)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Tibetan)

A name that means "sun / sunday-born (sherpa-tibetan + persian gift)".

Nima is from the Sherpa-Tibetan ཉི་མ་ (nyi ma — sun, Sunday-born) + Persian نعمه (Ne'ma — blessing, gift) — dual-origin unisex name. A modern American baby name in the broader Sherpa-Tibetan + Persian heritage aesthetic. Nima is one of the foundational Sherpa + Tibetan + Bhutanese unisex names — central to traditional Vajrayana Buddhist + Himalayan Indigenous heritage. The foundational Tibetan-Sherpa day-name family: Dawa (Monday), Mingma (Tuesday), Lhakpa (Wednesday), Phurba (Thursday), Pasang (Friday), Pemba (Saturday), Nima (Sunday). Notable bearer: Nima Arkani-Hamed (born 1972) — foundational Iranian-Canadian-American theoretical physicist + foundational Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) + Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2012 + foundational figure in foundational particle physics + cosmology research.

Featured throughout Sherpa heritage.

Sun / Sunday-born / blessing (Sherpa-Tibetan-Persian). Foundational Sherpa-Tibetan unisex + foundational day-name family Dawa-Mingma-Lhakpa-Phurba-Pasang-Pemba-Nima + Nima Arkani-Hamed foundational Iranian-Canadian-American theoretical physicist + Institute for Advanced Study Princeton + Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2012.

The name in its native script.

ཉི་མ་ / نعمه
Transliteration
nyi ma / Ne'ma
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nima stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Nima · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Nimas before her.

Real people
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Iranian-Canadian-American theoretical physicist + Breakthrough Prize 2012.
born 1972
In fiction
Nima
Sherpa-Tibetan sun / Sunday-born.

Names connected to Nima.

The number behind Nima.

8

The Authority

Nima reduces to eight.

Why families chose this name.

"Sherpa sun. Four letters. Nima."
Tenzin · Mother of one · Khumbu