Chaim

English

Alternative forms

• Haim, Hayim

Etymology

From Hebrew חַיִּים (“life”).

Proper noun

Chaim

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 2014 August 20, Mark Potok, “What’s in a Name?”, in Southern Poverty Law Center‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 December 2025:

     I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.

   • 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents‎^[2], number Summer 2019, archived from the original on 16 July 2019:

     Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.

Translations

a male given name

• Arabic: حَايِيم m (ḥāyīm)
• Hindi: ख़ाइम m (xāim)

Anagrams

• Micah, machi

German

Etymology

From Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyīm, “life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaːiːm/, /ˈxaːɪm/, /xaɪ̯m/, (spelling pronunciation also) /ʃa-/

Proper noun

Chaim m (proper noun, strong, genitive Chaims or (with an article) Chaim)

1. a male given name of Jewish usage

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈĩ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈĩ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈĩ/

Proper noun

Chaim m or f by sense

2. a surname