People
- Chinese family names
- Sima (surname) (Chinese: 司马, 司馬), for people with this Chinese name
- Sima Guang, Chinese historian
- Sima Yi, Chinese military strategist
Szema is the pin yin anglicization of 司馬
- Indo-Iranian last names
The name "Sima" is a female name which originates in Iran. It is an old Persian name which has regained popularity over the last few decades meaning "the aura surrounding a beautiful face". Other cultures have adopted the name Sima as well. In Hebrew "Sima" means "Precious thing" or "treasure". The name is also common in India, where it is spelled "Seema".
- Sima Bina, Persian musician
- Sima Khan, Pakistani celebrity
- Slavic last names
- Šíma is a Czech last name. (cs)
- Alexander Sima (1969–2004), Austrian Semitist (de)
- Hans Sima (1918–2006), Austrian politician of Carinthian/Slovene of Kanaltal origin
- Ulrike Sima (born 1968), Austrian female politician (de)
- Jiří Šíma (cs)
- Jonas Sima (born 1937), Swedish filmmaker, journalist, writer and educator
- Josef Sima (1891–1971), Czech painter
- Josef Šíma (economist) (born 1972 ), Czech economist Josef Šíma (ekonom)
- Karel Šimanovský ("Karel Šíma", 1826–1904) (cs)
- Oskar Sima (1896–1969), Austrian actor
- Horia Sima (1907–1993), Romanian fascist politician
- Michel Sima (born Michael Smajewski; 1912–1987), photographer and sculptor (de) (fr)
- Käte Sima (Niederkirchner) (born 1944), German female doctor, politician (de)
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