Type Word & Element
Usage Old High German [1]
Meaning & History
Old High German word meaning "home".
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturesham(Anglo-Saxon) haim(Frankish) haimaz(Old Germanic) heimr(Old Norse) hem(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsHenrik(Armenian) Endika(Basque) Enric(Catalan) Henrik(Croatian) Jindřich, Jindřiška(Czech) Henrik(Danish) Hendrick, Hendrik, Hendrika, Hendrikje, Hendrina, Hennie, Hendricus, Hendrikus, Henricus(Dutch) America, Emerie, Emerson, Emersyn, Emery, Emory, Harris, Harrison, Harry, Henderson, Hendrix, Henry, Kendra, Kendrick, Perry, Amery, Emmerson, Hammond, Kenrick, Parry(English) Endel, Endla, Harri, Heiki, Heino, Hendrik, Indrek(Estonian) Harri, Heikki, Heino, Henri, Henriikka, Henrikki(Finnish) Aymeric, Émeric, Henri(French) Anri(Georgian) Emmerich, Harry, Heino, Heinrich, Hendrik, Henrik, Henrike, Heinrike(German) Aimeric, Emmerich, Haimo, Heimirich, Heinrich, Henricus(Germanic) Henrik, Imre(Hungarian) Hinrik(Icelandic) Anraí, Einrí(Irish) Amerigo, Enrica, Enrico, Arrigo(Italian) Indriķis, Inta, Ints(Latvian) Henrika, Henrikas(Lithuanian) Henrik, Hinnerk, Hinrich(Low German) Hamo, Hamon, Herry(Medieval English) Aimery, Aymeri(Medieval French) Emrik, Henrik(Norwegian) Haimarīks(Old Germanic) Henryk, Henryka(Polish) Américo, Henrique, América(Portuguese) Genrikh(Russian) Hendry(Scots) Eanraig(Scottish Gaelic) Henrich, Imrich, Imriška(Slovak) Henrik(Slovene) América, Américo, Enrique(Spanish) Emrik, Harry, Henrik, Henrika(Swedish) Harri(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsHenriksen(Danish) Hendriks, Hendrikx, Hendrix(Dutch) Emerson, Hammond, Hampson, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hendry, Henry, Henryson(English) Heikki, Heikkilä, Heikkinen, Heinonen(Finnish) Hendrickx(Flemish) Monet, Monette(French) Heinrich, Heinrichs(German) Amerighi, Arrighi, Righi(Italian) Hinrichs(Low German) Henriksen(Norwegian) Henriques(Portuguese) Henderson, Hendry, Kendrick, McKendrick(Scottish) MacEanruig(Scottish Gaelic) Enríquez(Spanish) Henriksson(Swedish) Parry, Perry(Welsh)
Place Name DescendantsAmerika, Amerikë(Albanian) Amrika(Arabic) Amerika(Armenian) Amerika(Azerbaijani) Amerika(Bashkir) Amerika(Bulgarian) Amèrica(Catalan) Amerika(Chechen) Amerika(Croatian) Amerika(Czech) Amerika(Danish) Amerika(Dutch) America(English) Endla(Estonian) Amerikka(Finnish) Amérique(French) Amerika(Georgian) Amerika(German) Ameriki(Greek) Amerika(Hebrew) Amerika(Hungarian) Amerika(Indonesian) America(Italian) Amerika(Japanese) Amerika(Kazakh) America(Late Roman) Amerika(Latvian) Amerika(Lithuanian) Amerika(Luxembourgish) Amerika(Macedonian) Amerika(Malay) Amerika(Norwegian) Amrika(Persian) Ameryka(Polish) América(Portuguese) America(Romanian) Amerika(Russian) Amerika(Serbian) Amerika(Slovak) Amerika(Slovene) América(Spanish) Amerika(Swedish) Amerika(Tatar) Amerika(Turkish) Ameryka(Ukrainian) Amerika(Uzbek)
Sources & References
- Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry heim, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.