Chayyim

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Chayyim (Hebrew: חַיִּים‎ chayyīm), also transcribed as Hayyim, Chaim, Haim, Hyman, is a common praenomen among the Jewish people, especially during the Middle Ages.

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[edit] Origin, meaning and using the word

Chayyim (Hebrew: חַיִּים‎ chayyīm) is the Hebrew word for "[life]."

[edit] As Jewish given names and patronym

In its Latin form it occurs on the Hebrew mosaic of Kafar Kanna as ביטה, i.e. "Vita" ("Pal. Explor. Fund Statement", 1901, p. 377), and in the Jewish catacombs of Venosa (also ביטו *vito; Ascoli, "Inscrizioni", No. 21). The Greek B τα occurs upon an inscription at Gallipoli ("C. I. G." No. 2014); it may be the name of a Jewess. In early transcriptions "Ḥayyim" occurs in various forms:

In Spain, as "Aim" (Jacobs, "Sources", p. 151), or "Haym" (ib. No. 1293);

In Germany, as "Hayum" ("Zeit. Gesch. des Oberrheins", xv. 44), "Heyum" (Löwenstein, "Juden in der Kurpfalz", p. 298), "Heium" (ib. p. 299), and, in later times, "Chajim";

In France, as "Haguin", "Haquin", "Hagin", "Chakin" ("Sefer ha-Yashar", § 27), "Hakinet", "Haquinet" ("R. E. J." i. 68), "Hakinet", "Chakinet";

In England, as "Hagin"("Jew. Hist. Soc. Eng." i. 156) and "Agim" (Jacobs, "Jewish Ideals", p. 216).

The Latin "Vita" occurs in various forms. "Vitalis" was a latinized name used by jews of the Roman Empire and some Christians of the 1st century; from this come "Vital" (ויטל, Würzburg, 1298) and וידלא widlV (Bonn, 1288); and from this, "Vida" (Worms, 1349) and the later "Veitel". It occurs in Provence, Languedoc, Catalonia, Mallorca, Valencia and the territories of the Aragonese Kingdom and influence from the XIIth Century on taking the old occitan-provençal form "Vidal" or with the addition of a prefix, as "Anvidal". "Vida" also occurs as a feminine name, or, synonymously, as "Zoë/Zoe" (זוֹאֵי ,זווי Zunz, "G. S." ii. 61). Other forms of the same name are "Vives" (ויושׂ, ויבֿשׂ, Germany, 13th cent.; ויוישׂ, "Or Zarua'"), "Vivis", "Viva" (Majorca, 1391; "R. E. J." xiv. 261), "Vivo" (De Meaux = Jehiel of Paris, this form being often a translation of "Jehiel"). In the later Middle Ages the forms "Vivant" ("R. E. J." i. 69) and "Vivian" occur (Zunz, "G. S." ii. 35). As "caritatives" there are "Vivelin" (ויולין, Nuremberg, 1298) and "Vivelman" (ויבֿלמן, Bamberg, 1298). In Italy the old form "Vita" was used.

It is interesting to note that in Germany the name became "Hain" ("Hain" or "Heine Goldschmidt" = "Ḥayyim Hamelin"); and the family name of the poet (Heinrich Heine) is a derivative of this by way of "Heine-mann" (Freudenthal, in "Monatsschrift", xlv. 460). "Ḥayyim" was also one of the names given to those who had recovered from an illness (Zunz, "Namen des Juden", p. 51).

In modern (1900s) usage its secular parallel is "Henry". It also forms the basis of the surnames "Hyam", "Hyams, Hyamson", "Hiam, Hiams, Hiamson" and "Hayem".


m mann man mans mer
Hei Heim Heimann Heiman
Cheiman (cf.Salomon Maimon)		 Heimans Heimer
Hey Heym Heymann Heyman Heymans Heymer
Hai Haim Haimann Haiman Haimans Haimer
Hay Haym Haymann Hayman Haymans Haymer
Hy Hym, Hyme, Hime Hymann Hyman Hymans
Hein / Heinmann Heinman
Heine / Heinemann Heineman
Heyn / Heynmann Heynman
Heyne / Heynemann Heyneman
Hain means grove / Hainmann Hainman
Haine / Hainemann Haineman
Hayn / Haynmann Haynman
Hayne / Haynemann Hayneman
Hyne / Hynemann Hyneman
possibly [hainman] ([1])
Hynd / Hyndmann Hyndman
Hij

[edit] People whose names give are/were Chayyim

variants are: Chaim, Haim, Hayyim, Hayim, etc.

[edit] Heim

Onomastics and disambiguational information about the words, names and surnames that forms Heim-, Heym-, Haim-, Haym-, Heimann-, etc.. Hain-, Hein-, Heine/Heyne.. is also.

In onomastics in Judaism, there are many Chayyim derivated surname forms: Haim, Heimer, Heimberger, Heimerdinger, Haiman, Haimann, Haimovitz, Haym, Hayman, Haymann, Hayum, Heyman, Heymann, Heymans, Heymanson, Heymer, Heyn, Heynemann/Heinemann, Heyum, Heins, Heinsheimer, Heinsheimer-Westheimer, Heinsins.. etc.

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