Sima (Chinese surname)

Sima (Szema)

Sima in regular script
Pronunciation	Sīmǎ (Pinyin) Su-má (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Chinese language
Word/name	One of the offices of the Zhou dynasty's Three Excellencies
Meaning	horse master
Other names
Variant form(s)	Sima (Mandarin) Suma (Hokkien) Sma (English)
See also	Szema

Sima ([sɹ̩́mà], simplified Chinese: 司马; traditional Chinese: 司馬; pinyin: Sīmǎ; Wade–Giles: Ssu-ma) is a Chinese family name. It is one of the rare two-character Chinese family names; most Chinese family names consist of only a single character. It is an occupational surname, literally meaning "control" (sī) "horses" (mǎ), or "horse officer". The family name originated from one of the offices of the Zhou dynasty.