Haim History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Haim family

The surname Haim was first found in Switzerland, where the family is considered to have made a great early contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early development of Europe. Meaning "home," the name is probably taken from a shortened form of any of several German personal names that begin or end with that word.

Early History of the Haim family

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Haim Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Heim, Heime, Haim, Haime, Heyme, Heym, Haym and many more.

Early Notables of the Haim family

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Haim migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Haim Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

William Haim, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1760 1

Haim Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Christian Haim, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Haim (post 1700) +

Ridley Haim Herschell (1807-1864), Polish dissenting minister, born on 7 April 1807 at Strzelno, a small town in Prussian Poland about thirty miles from Thorn 2
Isaac Haim Bitton (1779-1839), Dutch-born Jewish bare-knuckle boxer, famous for a fight which lasted 74 rounds
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (1784-1885), British philanthropist
Haim Levin (1937-2024), Israeli football goalkeeper
Haim Biton (b. 1978), Israeli politician
Haim Boger (1876-1963), born Haim Bograshov, an Israeli politician
Haim Ramon (b. 1950), Israeli politician

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020