The story
- Hebrew · derived fromקיים“existing, enduring, tough”
- Yiddish · derived fromקײַם
- English todayKeim
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קײַם (kaym), a name from Hebrew קיים (“existing, enduring, tough”). * As a German surname, from the noun Keim (“sprout, shoot”). Sometimes also a pet form of Joachim. Compare Kaim.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.