Kim
Kim is a baby name of Vietnamese origin, meaning Gold.
What Kim means
Gold.
Kim is short — 3 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Kim comes from
Vietnamese given names are ordinary words with clear meanings — flowers, virtues, natural features — chosen for what they say rather than inherited from a set of traditional names.
Kim is recorded as Vietnamese in origin. Browse other Vietnamese names.
How popular is Kim?
You will not find Kim in the top 100 baby names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Kim
We group Kim under Gold and Gem — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Kim
These share Kim's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Kohaku — Amber.
- Amber — Golden fossilized resin.
- Goldie — Made of gold.
- Topaz — The golden-yellow gem.
- Ngoc — Jade, gem.
- Khanh — Prosperity; jade chime.
- Bao — Treasure, jewel.
- Garnet — The deep-red gem.
- Jet — Deep, glossy black gem.
- Kacper — Treasurer; bringer of treasure.
- Lin — Forest; fine jade.
- Aurelia — The golden one.