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 [ 2 syll. hy-man, hym-an ] The boy name Hyman is pronounced HHAYMahN KEY. Hyman's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in the Yiddish language. Derived from hayyim meaning 'life' ; man. The name is altered from Hyam under the influence of the Yiddish element man ('man'). A form of Hyman is the name Hymen. Other variants of Hyman include the short form Hy, and the pet forms Chaim and Hymie. See also the related form, the Hebrew Hyam. Hyman is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked in 1911 with 0.057% of baby boys being given the name Hyman. It had a ranking of #214 then. The baby name has experienced a steep drop in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale now. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Hyman, the Hebrew Chaim was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Hyman include the name Hymen, 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 name Hymie, the Hebrew Chaim, 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. KEY: English pronunciation for Hyman: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
