Given name & surname

Haimo

“home”

Haimo is a masculine given name. It is used in Old High German.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Haimo goes back to a word meaning “home.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Old High German haim (“home”) + -o.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

First recorded in 8th C. <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>.

Haimo’s family of names

In Old High German usage, Haimo shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Hama. In Old High German usage, Haimo has a related form in HEIMO.

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HaimoHeimoHama

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Haimo

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