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

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zima”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Azim, Ziam, zaim, zami

Czech

Etymology

From zima (“winter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɪma]

Proper noun

Zima m anim (female equivalent Zimová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Zima (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Zima	Zimové
genitive	Zimy	Zimů
dative	Zimovi	Zimům
accusative	Zimu	Zimy
vocative	Zimo	Zimové
locative	Zimovi	Zimech
instrumental	Zimou	Zimy

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

Declension of Zima

	singular	plural
nominative	Zima	Zimowie
genitive	Zimy	Zimów
dative	Zimie	Zimom
accusative	Zimę	Zimów
instrumental	Zimą	Zimami
locative	Zimie	Zimach
vocative	Zimo	Zimowie

Proper noun

Zima f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Zima

	singular	plural
nominative	Zima	Zimy
genitive	Zimy	Zim
dative	Zimie	Zimom
accusative	Zimę	Zimy
instrumental	Zimą	Zimami
locative	Zimie	Zimach
vocative	Zimo	Zimy

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)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Zima	Zimovia	Zimovci
genitive	Zimu	Zimov	Zimovcov
dative	Zimovi	Zimom	Zimovcom
accusative	Zimu	Zimov	Zimovcov
locative	Zimovi	Zimoch	Zimovcoch
instrumental	Zimom	Zimami	Zimovcami

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