Haim

Chayyim (Hebrew: חַיִּים‎ Ḥayyīm, Classical Hebrew: [ħajˈjiːm], Israeli Hebrew: [ˈχa.im, ħaˈjim]), also transcribed Haim, Hayim, Chayim, or Chaim (English pronunciations: HYM, KHYM, KHAH-yeem), is a name of Hebrew origin which means "life". Its first usage can be traced to the Middle Ages. It is a popular name among Jewish people. The feminine form for this name is Chaya (Hebrew: חַיָּה‎ Ḥayyah, Classical Hebrew: [ħajˈjaː], Israeli Hebrew: [ˈχaja, ħaˈja]; English pronunciations: HAH-yah, KHAH-yah ).
Chai is the Hebrew word for "alive". According to Kaballah, the name Hayim helps the person to remain healthy, and people were known to add Hayim as their second name to improve their health. (Among Serbians, the name "Vuk", meaning "wolf", as well as Idir ("he will live") among Kabyles, was for similar reasons given to weak and ill infants.)
In the United States, Chaim is a common spelling; however, since the phonemic pattern is unusual for English words, Hayim is often used as an alternative spelling. The "ch" spelling comes from transliteration of the Hebrew letter "chet", which also starts words like Chanukah, Channa, etc., which can also be spelled as Hanukah and Hannah. It is cognate to the Arabic word حياة (ḥayāh ), with the same meaning, deriving from the same Proto-Semitic root.
L'Chaim in Hebrew is a toast meaning "to life". When a couple becomes engaged, they get together with friends and family to celebrate. Since they drink l'chaim ("to life"), the celebration is also called a l'chaim.
Hebrew letters are also used as numerals, and the Hebrew letters that spell "chai" also stand for the number 18. Thus, 18 is considered a lucky number in Jewish culture. It is common to give gifts and contributions to charity in multiples of 18.
Among Argentine Jews, the Spanish name Jaime (Spanish: [ˈxajme], a Spanish cognate of James) is often chosen for its phonetic similarity to Haim.
Hayim is a non-governmental organization that works on a voluntary basis to provide relief and support for pediatric oncology patients in Israel.

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Variant transcription of Chayyim: life.

Haimirich, Hayyim, Hakim, Chiam, Hayim, Chayim, Lahyme, Chaim, Chayyim

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Corey Haim	1971	Actor
2	Haim Saban	1944	Media proprietor
3	Danielle Haim	1989	American musician, singer and composer
4	Laurence Haïm	1966	French-Israeli journalist
5	Tal Ben Haim	1989	Footballer
6	Mordechai Haim		Israeli association football player
7	Haim Ginott	1922	Psychologist
8	Haim Bar-Lev	1924	Israeli general and politician
9	Haim Revivo	1972	Football (soccer) player
10	Haim Arlosoroff	1899	Zionist leader
11	Victor Haïm	1935	French actor
12	Emmanuelle Haïm	1962	French musician
13	Haim Gidon		Israeli Krav Maga practitioner
14	Haïm Brezis	1944	French mathematician
15	Haim Farhi	1760	Ottoman military leader
16	Haim Laskov	1919	Israeli general
17	Haim Moshe	1955	Israeli musician
18	Haim Steinbach	1944	Artist
19	Haim Katz	1947	Israeli politician
20	Haim Ramon	1950	Israeli politician
21	Eliyahu Ben-chaim	1940	American rabbi
22	Haim Gouri	1923	Israeli poet
23	Haim Megrelashvili	1982	Israeli footballer
24	Haim Harari	1940	Israeli physicist
25	Haim Cohn	1911	Israeli judge
26	Haim Palachi	1788	Ottoman rabbi
27	Haim Hefer	1925	Israeli songwriter, poet and writer.
28	Haïm Korsia	1963	French rabbi
29	Haim Aharon Valero	1846	Palestinian Jewish banker
30	Haim Oron	1940	Israeli politician
31	Haim Yavin	1932	Israeli film director
32	Haim Drukman	1932	Israeli politician
33	Haim Corfu	1921	Israeli politician
34	Solayman Haïm	1887	Iranian lexicographer and author
35	Haim Moussa Douek	1905
36	Haim Yosef Zadok	1913	Israeli politician
37	Baruch Ben Haim	1921	Assistant chief rabbi, Brooklyn Syrian Jewish community
38	Haim Sabato		Israeli rabbi and author
39	Philippe Haïm	1967	French film director, writer and composer
40	Haim Amsalem	1959	Israeli politician
41	Haim Gvati	1901	Israeli politician
42	Heim Kern	1930	French sculptor
43	Haim Landau	1916	Israeli politician
44	Haim Zafrani	1922	Scholar of Moroccan history
45	Haim Bibas	1969	Israeli politician
46	Haim Koren	1953	Israeli diplomat
47	Haim Silvas	1975	Israeli footballer
48	Haim Goldenberg	1975	Israeli-Canadian mentalist
49	Haim Gaifman	1934	American logician
50	Haim Hazaz	1898	Israeli writer
51	Haim Alexander	1915	Composer
52	Haim Be'er	1945	Israeli writer
53	Haim Ben-David	1919	Israeli general
54	Haim Kaufman	1934	Israeli politician
55	Haim Ernst Wertheimer	1893	Israeli biochemist
56	Haïm Vidal Séphiha	1923	Belgian university teacher
57	Ofir Haim	1975	Israeli footballer
58	Haim Boger	1876	Israeli politician
59	Haim Aviv	1940	Israeli scientist
60	Haim Shapira
61	Haim Sompolinsky	1949
62	Haim Watzman	1956	American writer
63	Haim Fabrizio Cipriani	1971	Italian musician and rabbi
64	Haim Jelin	1958	Israeli politician
65	Haim Bodek
66	Haim Bar	1954	Israeli footballer
67	Haim Levin	1937	Israeli association football player
68	Haim Kantorovitch	1890	American socialist
69	Haim Levy	1961	Israeli footballer
70	Haim Beinart	1917
71	Haim Yisraeli	1927	Israeli civil servant
72	Haïm Hirszman	1912
73	Haïm Harboun	1932	French rabbi
74	Haim Goldberg	1890	POlish artist
75	Haim Hanani	1912	Israeli mathematician
76	Haim Ben-Asher	1904	Israeli politician
77	Haim Ariav	1895	Israeli politician
78	Haim Lensky	1905	Russian writer
79	Haim Pontramoli	1981	Professional footballer
80	Haim Messika	1961	Footballer
81	Haïm Ulliel	1957	Israeli singer
82	Yehoyada Haim	1941	Israeli diplomat
83	Haim Reitan	1946	Turkish diplomat
84	Salim Haim	1919	Iraqi dermatologist
85	Haim David Zukerwar	1956
86	Haim Nathan Dembitzer	1820	Polish rabbi and historian
87	Haim Shabo	1973
88	Haim Cohen-Meguri	1913	Israeli politician
89	Haim Yehuda	1917	Israeli politician
90	Haim Smadar
91	Werner Haim	1968	Ski jumper
92	Haim Susskind	1990	Israeli footballer
93	Haim Malka	1980	Footballer
94	Haim Tavori	1919	Israeli police officer
95	Stephanie Haim	1991	Australian football player
96	Haim Dayan	1960	Israeli politician
97	Haim Epstein	1891	French painter
98	Haim Maor	1951
99	Haim Kadmon	1897	British colonial administrator
100	Haïm Houri	1885	Tunisian rabbi (1885-1957)
101	Ḥayyîm Šwarṣboim	1911	Israeli librarian and archivist
102	Haïm Bellaïche	1861	French rabbi
103	Haim Waxman	1958	Israeli diplomat
104	Haim Izrin	1987
105	Haim Margalit Kalvarisky	1868
106	Libi Haim	1984
107	Sacha Haim
108	Haïm Attar	1902
109	Haïm ben Hananel haCohen
110	Haim Shafir	1950	Game designer from Israel
111	Haïm Sturmann	1892
112	Haim Bouzaglo	1952
113	Haim Buch	1930	Israeli association football player
114	Haim Hissin
115	Kornel Haim	1915	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and slovak nation politician
116	Haim Lipkovitz	1952
117	Haim Reich