Scottish Gaelic use
Source-reporteda male given name, equivalent to English Simon
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- Sìm — Scottish Gaelic definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A given name in Scottish Gaelic
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/ˈʃiːm/ · Scottish Gaelic
01 / Meaning & origin
Sìm is a masculine given name documented in Scottish Gaelic.
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a male given name, equivalent to English Simon
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Documented as a given name in Scottish Gaelic.
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04 / Through time
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Sim— “obedient”
_Sim_, _m._ _Eng._ Heb. obedient, 19
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
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