Lim Surname Origin & Formation

Origin and formation

Lim comes from the Hokkien surname Lîm (林). The related form Lam represents the same surname through a different Chinese pronunciation; Lim is the Hokkien form borrowed into Tagalog. The Chinese character gives a written link between these language forms even when their Roman spellings differ. Philippine bearers include Alfredo Lim, who served as mayor of Manila and as a senator. Before his political career, he worked as a police officer and directed the National Bureau of Investigation. The surname also belongs to Danilo Lim, a Philippine military officer and public official.

Dictionary pronunciation

• Tagalog: /ˈlim/ · Wiktionary ↗

Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

Lim has 65 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.

Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts