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Across the world, הימן (Heman , Hyman , Heiman ) is a common dominantly male, but seldom feminine first name. The first name הימן is characteristic of Grenada, where it is quite a common male name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Mauritius, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States. Also, הימן is the last name as well as the forename.
הימן is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rabbi Hyman Krustofski , the fictional character from the television series The Simpsons; Hyman Roth , the fictional character in the film The Godfather Part II; Hyman Cooper , the character from The Magicians; Hyman Kaplan , the fictional character and Heman the Ezrahite , the the author of Psalm 88 in the Hebrew Bible.