Zima

See also: zima, zimą, ziḿă, zim’ă, and žima

English

Etymology

From zima ("winter" in Slavic languages).

Proper noun

Zima (plural Zimas)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Zima is the 20996th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1253 individuals. Zima is most common among White (95.13%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From zima (winter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɪma]

Proper noun

Zima m anim (female equivalent Zimová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Zima”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

From zima.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʑi.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Syllabification: Zi‧ma
  • Homophone: zima

Proper noun

Zima m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Zima f

  1. a female surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Zima”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzima]

Proper noun

Zima m pers (female equivalent Zimová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Zima
(pattern hrdina)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeZimaZimoviaZimovci
genitiveZimuZimovZimovcov
dativeZimoviZimomZimovcom
accusativeZimuZimovZimovcov
locativeZimoviZimochZimovcoch
instrumentalZimomZimamiZimovcami

Further reading

  • Zima”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025