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Chaim - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Chaim

[ 2 syll. (c)hai(m), ch-a-im ] The boy name Chaim is pronounced as HHAYIHM KEY. Chaim is primarily used in Hebrew and it is also of Hebrew origin.

Chaim is a pet form of the Yiddish name Hyman.

Chaim is also a form of the Hebrew name Chayim.

Chaim is somewhat popular as a baby boy name. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1980s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.011% of baby boys being named Chaim. It had a ranking of #858 then. Among all boy names in its family, Chaim was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Chaim include the name Hahnee, the English Hanan, the Arabic Hani, the German Hanno, the Finnish Hannu, the Hebrew Hayyim, the German Heimo, the German Heino, the name Heman, the Hebrew Hiam, the Hebrew Hyam, the Yiddish Hyman, the name Hymen, the name Hymie, the Portuguese and Spanish Jaime, the English Jaimey, the English Jaimie, the Hebrew and Polish Haim, the English Ham, and the Chinese and Dutch Han.

Details of famous persons named Chaim:
Politician Chaim Herzog, born 9 April 1918 - 17 April 1997, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Rock Musician Gene Simmons, born Chaim Witz 25 August 1949, Haifa, Israel.

KEY: English pronunciation for Chaim: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"


 
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