# Wim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Wim

- Wim Jansen, Dutch association football player and manager (1946–2022)
- Wim Kieft, Dutch footballer
- Wim Hof, Dutch extreme athlete and motivational speaker
- Wim Rijsbergen, Dutch football manager and former player
- Wim Anderiesen, Dutch footballer (1903-1944)
- Wim Mertens, Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist
- Wim Crusio, Dutch behavioral neurogeneticist and botanist
- Wim Lagendaal, Dutch footballer (1909-1987)
- Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (1923–2016)
- Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist
- Wim Koevermans, Dutch footballer (born 1960)
- Wim Delvoye, Belgian artist (born 1965)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.