Zima

Zima

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

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 (traditional married form Zimina, traditional unmarried form Zimianka)

    1. a female surname

    Declension

    Further reading

    • Zima”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

    Slovak

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /zima/, [ˈzima]
    • Rhymes: -ima
    • Hyphenation: Zi‧ma

    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, 2003–2026