Kim may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Kim (given name) Kim is a unisex given name. It is also used as a diminutive or nickname for names such as Kimber (name), Kimber, Kimberly (given name), Kimberly, Kimberley, Kimball (given name), Kimball and Kimiko. In Kenya, it is short for various male names s ...

, a list of people and fictional characters * Kim (surname), a list of people and fictional characters **

Kim (Korean surname) Kim () is the most common Korean name, surname in Korea. As of the 2015 South Korean census, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in South Korea or 21.5% of the population. Although the surname is always pronounced the same, dozens of differ ...

*** Kim dynasty (disambiguation), several dynasties ***

Kim family (disambiguation) The Kim family or Kim clan may refer to the following Korean groups: * Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il Sung in 1948 * Gimhae Kim clan associated with the Geumgwan Gaya * later rulers of Silla, mostly members of the ...

, various Korean families and clans ****

Kim family (North Korea) The Kim Family, officially the Mount Paektu Bloodline (), named for Paektu Mountain, in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim Dynasty after the Cold War's end, is a three-generation li ...

, the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il Sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese form of

Jin (Chinese surname) Jin is the Hanyu pinyin transliteration of a number of Chinese surnames. The most common one, Jīn , literally means "gold" and is 29th in the list of " Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2006, it is ranked the 64th most common Chinese surname and ...

* Kim (footballer, born 1933), Brazilian footballer Alcy Martha de Freitas * Kim (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Carlos Henrique Dias * Kim people, an ethnic group of Chad * Kimberly "Kim" Wexler, a fictional character in the Breaking Bad spin off series, Better Call Saul.

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''Kim'' (album), a 2009 album by Kim Fransson * "Kim" (song), 2000 song by Eminem * "Kim", a song by

Tkay Maidza Takudzwa Victoria Rosa "Tkay" Maidza ( ; (born 17 December 1995) is a Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and hip hop artist from Adelaide, South Australia. She has been nominated for and won many awards, and released two albums: '' Tk ...

, 2021 * ''Kim'' (novel), by Rudyard Kipling ** ''Kim'' (1950 film), an American adventure film based on the novel ** ''Kim'' (1984 film), a British film based on the novel * "Kim" (''M*A*S*H''), a 1973 episode of the American television show ''M*A*S*H'' * ''Kim'' (magazine), a defunct Turkish women's magazine (1992–1999)

Languages

Kim language The Kim language of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Besme and Goundo. The language was once mistakenly classified as Chadic, and called '' ...

, a language of Chad *

Kim language (Sierra Leone) The Bom language (alternates: Bome; Bomo) is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family and is particularly closely related to the Bullom So language. Most speakers are bili ...

, a language of Sierra Leone * kim, the ISO 639 code of the

Tofa language Tofa (Tofa: Тоъфа дыл ''Tòfa dıl''), also known as Tofalar or Karagas, is a Turkic language spoken in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast by the Tofalars, an indigenous people of the region. Tofa forms a dialect continuum with the closely related ...

of Russia

Organizations

Kenya Independence Movement The Kenya Independence Movement (KIM) was a political party in Kenya. History The KIM was established in August 1959 by African members of the Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers ...

, a defunct political party in Kenya *

Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao (KIM) was a dedicated organization that sought to establish an independent state in Mindanao, Philippines. The group was led by an Afghan-trained cleric known as Humam Abdul Najid. It was sometimes described as an umbre ...

, Filipino terrorist organization *

Kingdom Identity Ministries Kingdom Identity Ministries (KIM) is a self-described "outreach ministry" based in Harrison, Arkansas, which advocates racism, antisemitism, and extreme homophobia. Its website states that it "is an outreach ministry to God's chosen race" by w ...

, a Christian organisation

Places

* , a village in

Touboro Touboro is a town and commune in North Region Cameroon. Refugees An April 10, 2014 report says: "Thousands of refugees, fleeing the violence of armed groups ( Séléka and Anti-balaka) are concentrated in the towns of Mbaimboum and Touboro, o ...

, Cameroon *

Kim, Chad Kim is a sub-prefecture Mayo-Kebbi Est Region in Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north ...

, a place *

Kim, Gujarat Kim is a census town in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Demographics India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information ...

, a town in India *

Kim, Republic of Bashkortostan Kim () is a rural locality (a selo) in Aksyonovsky Selsoviet, Alsheyevsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 878 as of 2010. There are 10 streets. Geography Kim is located 36 km southwest of Rayevsky (the district's adminis ...

, a village in Russia *

Kim, Tajikistan Nurafshon (; , formerly: ''Kim'') is a town in northern Tajikistan near the Uzbekistan , image_flag = Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , image_coat = Emblem of Uzbekistan.svg , symbol_type = Emblem of Uzbekistan, Em ...

, a town *

Kim, Colorado Kim is a List of cities and towns in Colorado#Statutory town, Statutory Town in Las Animas County, Colorado, Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 63 at the time of the 2020 United States census. The town was named afte ...

, a town in the United States *

Camp Kim Camp Kim is a military facility located adjacent to Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea. Camp Kim is home to a USO facility, an Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) distribution and storage facility, an AAFES vehicle repair facility, t ...

, a military facility in South Korea * Kosovo and Metohija (Serbian: , KiM), a province in Serbia

Other uses

* Kim (cigarette), a German brand *

Kim (food) ''Gim'' (), also romanized as ''kim'', is a generic term for a group of edible seaweeds dried to be used as an ingredient in Korean cuisine, consisting of various species in the genera '' Pyropia'' and '' Porphyra'', including '' P. tenera'', ' ...

, Korean seaweed * List of storms named Kim, several storms with this name * .kim, top-level internet domain *

KIM-1 The KIM-1, short for ''Keyboard Input Monitor'', is a small MOS Technology 6502, 6502-based single-board computer developed and produced by MOS Technology, MOS Technology, Inc. and launched in 1976. It was very successful in that period, due to ...