Hayyim

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Vida

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/aʝʝim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hayyim is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 242as חיים(inferred from the name graph)
  • QAQatar≈1 in 333as חיים
  • RORomania≈1 in 592as חיים

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hayyim itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Romania (inferred from the name graph)

≈36,000 named חיים, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
273 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 242 (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est., as חיים

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

חייםHebrew(measured from records)
ChaimLatin(measured from records)
채임Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled חיים in IL Israel, LB Lebanon, RO Romania and 3 more and Chaim in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Vida

Sources 1

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hayyim counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hayyim is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RO Romania#59≈36,000 est.≈1 in 592—חיים7
IL Israel#12≈36,000 est.≈1 in 2427.3Kחיים83
MA Morocco#130≈14,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K—חיים9
US United States—8,326as Chaim1 in 40K8.3KChaim273
QA Qatar#14≈7,300 est.≈1 in 333—חיים1
BG Bulgaria#269≈5,800 est.≈1 in 1.2K—חיים4
LB Lebanon#41≈5,300 est.≈1 in 1K—חיים3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hayyim is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Israel, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Yiddish

    Also written Ḥayyim, Ḥayyîm, Ḥayyīm

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, United States

    Also written Ḥayyim, Ḥayyîm

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Ḥayyîm

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Ḥayyim, Ḥayyīm, Ḥayyîm, Ḥayyim̄

  • Polish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Ḥayyim, Hạyyim

18 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Hayyim,Hi Hayyim, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Hayyim under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hayyim mean, and where does it come from?
Vida Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
What are other forms of the name Hayyim?
In the etymology graph, Haim, Chaim and Hayim are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Hayyim?
A machine transcription gives /aʝʝim/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Hayyim a male or female name?
Hayyim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Hayyim have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 36 thousand people named חיים in Romania, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Hayyim?
In the United States, the national register counted 8,326 people named Chaim in 2020, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.
How common is Hayyim compared with other names?
In Romania, Hayyim is the 59th most common given name of 34,167 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hayyim” — the 59th most common given name in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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