Name Element HEM

Type Word

Meaning & History

Old Saxon word meaning "home".

Related Items

Other Languages & Culturesham(Anglo-Saxon) haim(Frankish) haimaz(Old Germanic) heim(Old High German) heimr(Old Norse)
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, Kenrick, Parry(English) Endel, Endla, Harri, Heiki, Hendrik, Indrek(Estonian) Harri, Heikki, Henri, Henriikka, Henrikki(Finnish) Aymeric, Émeric, Henri(French) Anri(Georgian) Emmerich, Heinrich, Hendrik, Henrik, Henrike, Heinrike(German) Aimeric, Emmerich, 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) 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, Henrik, Henrika(Swedish) Harri(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsHenriksen(Danish) Hendriks, Hendrikx, Hendrix(Dutch) Emerson, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hendry, Henry, Henryson(English) Heikki, Heikkilä, Heikkinen(Finnish) Hendrickx(Flemish) 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

  1. Köbler, Gerhard. Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, entry hêm, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/aswbhinw.html.
Entry added December 7, 2022