Ime is a West Frisian short form of Germanic given names that start with Irmin- (such as Irmingard) and Im- (such as Imbert), both of which are ultimately derived from the Germanic element 'ermen' meaning "whole, universal".With that said, Ime is indeed a unisex given name, but it is much more commonly found on males than on females.Also, variant forms and spellings of this given name include: Ieme, Iemme, Imme, Immo, Imo, Yme, Ymo, Ymme and Ymmo.Sources used: - http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Ime (in Dutch) - pages 68 and 141 of the book "Fryske foarnammen / Friese voornamen" written by Rienk de Haan - page 184 of "Friesche Naamlijst (Onomasticon Frisicum)" written by Johan Winkler (in 1898): http://images.tresoar.nl/wumkes/pdf/WinklerJ_FriescheNaamlijst.pdf (in somewhat archaic Dutch) and http://www.wumkes.nl/index.php?volg=8&id=95 (in Dutch; click on the red-coloured word "document" in order to download the PDF-file) - (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Ime&last=&search=Zoeken - https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ime/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands).
With that said, Ime is indeed a unisex given name, but it is much more commonly found on males than on females.
Also, variant forms and spellings of this given name include: Ieme, Iemme, Imme, Immo, Imo, Yme, Ymo, Ymme and Ymmo.
Sources used:
- http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Ime (in Dutch)
- pages 68 and 141 of the book "Fryske foarnammen / Friese voornamen" written by Rienk de Haan
- page 184 of "Friesche Naamlijst (Onomasticon Frisicum)" written by Johan Winkler (in 1898): http://images.tresoar.nl/wumkes/pdf/WinklerJ_FriescheNaamlijst.pdf (in somewhat archaic Dutch) and http://www.wumkes.nl/index.php?volg=8&id=95 (in Dutch; click on the red-coloured word "document" in order to download the PDF-file)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Ime&last=&search=Zoeken
- https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ime/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands).