Etymology

Hyman

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Today it means: A male given name from Hebrew. Full definition →

Hebrew חַיִּים
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The story

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromחַיִּים“life”
  2. English todayHyman

Anglicisation of Hyam, from Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).

Words from the same roots

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Hyam

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.