Sima (given name)

Sima is a feminine given name of Persian, Hebrew and Aramaic origin. In Iran (Persian: سيما) and Turkey it is a feminine name. It literally means face (and a beautiful face by implication). In India, it is usually transcribed “Seema” and also a feminine name. The meaning in Hindi is boundary. It is also a Greek and a Hebrew name. Among Jewish communities, the name Sima (סִימָה) can be from Hebrew and Aramaic, where it means treasure or precious, or as a nickname for someone named Simcha.

Notable people with one of these names:

• Sima Sami Bahous (born 1956), Jordanian Executive Director of UN Women
• Sima Bina (born 1945), Iranian musician
• Sima Abd Rabo (born 1976), Syrian activist
• Sima Samar (born 1957), Afghan political figure
• Sima Katić (d. 1832), Serbian revolutionary

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