Given name & surname
Hymen
“a giver of life”
Hymen is a variant of Hyman. One Hebrew interpretation is “a giver of life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hymen is a variant of Hyman. One Hebrew interpretation is “a giver of life.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hymen connects to the Hyam name family through Hyman. An origin associated with Hyam is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hymen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 285
- 285 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1931. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 148 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hymen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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