# Slim (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/slim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 862 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,845 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 358,173 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (709 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /slɪm/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun slime, probably topographic. * As a Native American surname (Navajo), from the English adjective slim, a calque of personal names containing the suffix -tsʼósí (“skinny, slim”), such as Hastiin-tsʼósí (“slim man”), see also Tsosie.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Slim in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 61% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Slim in the United States.

## People named Slim

- Carolina Slim, American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer (1923–1953)

## Similar surnames

Salim, Slama, Salm, Sloan, Solano, Slone, Salem, Sloane, Saleem, Schwalm, Slane, Salama.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.