Meaning, origin and history of the surname Im

Type Surname (from location)

Scripts 임(Korean Hangul) 林, 任(Korean Hanja)

Pronounced Pron. EEM [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Sino-Korean 林 (im) meaning "forest", making it the Korean form of Lin, or 任 (im) of uncertain meaning, making it the Korean form of Ren.

Other Languages & CulturesLin, Ren(Chinese) Lam(Chinese (Cantonese)) Lim(Chinese (Hokkien))