Jim

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪm/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: gym
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Jim (plural Jims)

1. A diminutive of the male given name James.
   • 2024 January 3, Jayna Bardahl, “Everything you need to know about the Michigan Wolverines”, in The Athletic‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 January 2026:

     Returning many key players from the 2022 season, Michigan was a championship favorite — despite starting with Jim Harbaugh being suspended for a different kind of three.

   • 2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 March 2025:

     Instead, they found the building locked and doors blocked by a plainclothes administrator named Jim Hairfield, who works in the agency’s security and facilities office, according to the education department website.

• JMI

Borrowed from English Jim.

Jim

1. a male given name

Borrowed from English Jim.

Jim

1. a male given name

Borrowed from English Jim.

Jim c (genitive Jims)

1. a male given name

Unadapted borrowing from English Jim via Jim Thompson, a researcher of the Delaware people.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃim/ (phonetic respelling: Chìm)
• Rhymes: -im

Jim

1. a male given name from English

   Ahpusu wiyus na Jim.

   Jim is roasting the meat.

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “Jim”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project