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Šime

Male#247 most common in Croatia3,695 people in Croatia
Meaning:
He has heard / God has heard
Origin:
Hebrew

About the name Šime

Croatian short form of Šimun (Simon), from Hebrew Shim'on; common in Dalmatia.

Popularity with newborns

Šime has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

3,695 people in Croatia are called Šime, according to the 2021 census. That is #247 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Šime is recorded in 13 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Dubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaLičko-senjskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

BiblicalCroatianCoastalTraditionalModerately common

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.