Kim

Means "expensive" in Hmong.

Short form of Akim and Yakim, which are both Russian forms of Joachim.

In the early Soviet era, Kim was also an invented name that was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names. It was an acronym of Russian Коммунистический Интернационал Молодёжи (Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional Molodyozhi) meaning "Young Communist International".

From Aramaic origin, derived from the Hebrew word קיים (kayam) which means "exists".

Jaredite king and son of Morianton.

Possibly derived from Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold, metal, money".