Chaim

Hebrew

"life"

Chaim Origin and Meaning

The name Chaim is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "life".

Despite being one of the rare boy names that mean life, Chaim barely survived early Jewish immigration, being watered down to Hyman and Hymie. Today, the original seems like the most promising form of the name, familiar thanks to bestselling author Chaim Potok.

Chaim Rank in US Top 1000

# 694 in the US

Popularity of the name Chaim

• 694 US 2024
• 1675 Nameberry 2025
• 570 Future 2028
• 985 England 2024
• 21 Israel 2023

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Famous People Named Chaim

• Chaim Azriel Weizmann 1st President of Israel
• Chaim Herzog 6th President of Israel
• Chaim Potok American novelist and rabbi
• Chaim Topol Israeli actor
• Chaim Soutine Belarusian painter
• Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski Polish,Jewish WWII ghetto leader
• Chaim Witz birth name of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons
• Hayyim ben Moshe "Chaim" ibn Attar Moroccan Talmudic scholar
• Chaim of Volozhin Belarusian Talmudic scholar
• (Shmaryahu Yosef) Chaim Kanievsky Israeli Haredi authority