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Ham - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ham

[ 1 syll. ham, ha-m ] The boy name Ham is pronounced as HHAEM KEY. Ham is largely used in the English language, and it is derived from Hebrew, Old Franco-German, and Middle English origins.

Ham is a variant form of the name Hammet (English).

Ham is also an English short form of the name Abraham (Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew).

Ham is also a variant form of the name Hammond (English).

Ham is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Ham, Abraham (Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Ham include Haim (Hebrew and Polish), Han (Chinese and Dutch), Hanh (Vietnamese), Hayym (Hebrew), Heine (German), Hien (Vietnamese), Holm (English), Juan (Manx and Spanish), Hahnee, Hanan (English), Hani (Arabic), Hanno (German), Hannu (Finnish), Hayyim (Hebrew), Heimo (German), Heino (German), Heman, Hiam (Hebrew), Hyam (Hebrew), and Hyman (Yiddish).

A famous person named Ham is Astronaut, Ham the Chimp, born 1956 - 19 January 1983.

KEY: Pronunciation for Ham: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"


 
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