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Re: Kim (f) is short for ...

by তন্ময় ভট (guest)

3/18/2009, 12:08 PM

in reply to a message by Anneza

Yes as a male name
http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/~kimron_shapiro

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- Anneza +3

3/18/2009, 11:02 PM

Kim (m)!

Well done! Looks like a Hebrew origin for it, then? So my Methodist friends must have been doubly confused. Or maybe it's just what it looks like: a merger between Kim (m) and Ron.

Thanks very much

- Andy ;—) (guest) +2

3/19/2009, 12:58 AM

The modern Hebrew word KIMRON (m.) means "vault, dome, arch." This does not really match traditional name giving motives, as far as I can see.

- Anneza +1

3/19/2009, 6:42 AM

No, indeed; however it fits English naming habits (John Paul, Sally-Ann) rather well, or looks as if it does. (It's also close to Kimon.) And names like Skye and Nevaeh seem to suggest that the vault of the heavens is a source of names for some namers. I'm also glad to learn that Hebrew has grammatical gender: I didn't know that! Thank you.

All the best

- Andy ;—) (guest)

3/20/2009, 2:49 AM

Yes, there are two genders, m. and f. There is even a different pronoun to address persons or groups of persons of different gender. The same applies to verbs, they have different form for the two genders.

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