Sima Family History
Sima Name Meaning
Czech (Šíma): from a pet form of the personal name Šimon (see Simon ). Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Simon . Jewish (from Ukraine): from the Yiddish female name Sime a derivative of Hebrew simcha ‘joy’. Germanized form of Czech Slovak Croatian and Slovenian Zima . Albanian: from the personal name Simë (definite form Sima) a short form of Simon . Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 司馬: (i) from the post name Si-Ma (司馬) in ancient China in charge of the national security and the military. (ii) said to be adopted in place of the surname Niu (牛) by the emperor Si-Ma Rui (司馬睿) known as Emperor Yuan of Jin (276–323
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022