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Sima Surname 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 AD), founder of the Eastern Jin dynasty (316–420 AD).

(iii) adopted by the other families during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Between 1950 and 2004, in the United States, Sima life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1957, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Sima in 1950 was 63, and 85 in 2004.

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