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Hymen - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Hymen

[ 2 syll. hy-men, hym-en ] The boy name Hymen is pronounced HHAYMahN KEY. Hymen is of Hebrew origin. Hymen is a variant form of Hyman (Yiddish).

Hymen is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1913, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Hymen. Its ranking then was #956. The baby name has since experienced a decline in popularity, and is of very light use now. Out of all boy names in its group, Hymen was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2008.

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

KEY: English pronunciation for Hymen: 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)"


 
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