# Heim

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #63,678

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
* As a south German surname, from the noun Heim (“home”).
* As a Norwegian surname, from farmsteads named with, or directly from, the Old Norse noun heimr (“home”), related to the above.
* As a Jewish surname, from the Yiddish name חיים (Khayem). Doublet of Chaim.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heim