Meaning & origin
What it means
As a south German surname, Heim goes back to a word, meaning “home.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Heim has more than one origin: as a south German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “home”; as a Norwegian surname, it comes from Old Norse; as a Jewish surname, it comes from Yiddish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Heim’s family of names
In English usage, Heim as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Chaim. In German usage, Heim as a surname has a related form in Heimle. In German usage, Heim has a later derivative in HIME.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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