Haimo

Haimo, also spelled Hamo, Heimo, Hamon, Haim, Haym, Heym, Aymo, Aimo, etc., is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. The Old French forms are Haimon, Aymon, Aimon, Aymes. It is a hypocoristic form of various Germanic names beginning with the radical haim-, meaning "home".

Appearance in modern Anglophone naming

Haimo is the origin of a wide range of surnames, including English surnames like Hame, Haim, Haime, Haimes, Hains, Haines, Hayns, Haynes, Hammon, Hammond,^[1] and Fitzhamon.^[2] The Old French form Haimon was then combined with the diminutive suffix -et, giving the pet-name Hamunet, which in turn gave rise to the English name Hamnett and its variants.^[3]

People

Listed chronologically.

• Aimo (d. 1173), French monk, mystic and saint
• Heymo (bishop of Wrocław) (r. 1120–1126)
• Heimo (bishop of Vác) (r. 1244–1254)

Aymon

• Aymon de Briançon (d. 1211), archbishop of Tarentaise
• Aymon II of Geneva (r. 1265–1280), count
• Aymon, Count of Savoy (r. 1329–1343)
• Aymon III of Geneva (r. 1367), count
• Aymon of Ortinge (fl. 1369), French mercenary captain
• Aymon of Challant (d. c. 1387), Aostan nobleman
• Aymon I de Chissé (d. 1428), bishop of Nice and Grenoble
• Aymon II de Chissé (d. 1450), bishop of Nice and Grenoble

Haimo

• Haimo of Auxerre (d. c. 865), French monk and biblical scholar
• Haimo de Valognes (r. 1086), Anglo Norman lord in Suffolk^[4]

Haymo

• Haymo of Halberstadt (died 853), German monk, bishop and biblical scholar
• Haymo of Faversham (d. c. 1243), English Franciscan scholar

Hamo

• Hamo the Steward (fl. 1071–1076), Anglo-Norman sheriff of Kent
• Hamo Dapifer (d. c. 1100), Anglo-Norman official
• Hamo (dean of Lincoln) (fl. 1189–1195)
• Hamo (dean of York) (fl. 1216–1219)
• Hamo de Crevecoeur (d. 1263), Anglo-Norman official
• Hamo le Strange (d. 12727/1273), English crusader
• Hamo Hethe (c. 1275–1352), bishop of Rochester
• Hamo Thornycroft (1850–1925), English sculptor
• Yoram Hamo, Brigadier General (res.) of the IDF, operational level specialist, commander of the Dado Center (2011-2014)

Hamon

• Hamon Dentatus (d. 1047), Norman baron
• Hamon de Massey (fl. c. 1070), Anglo-Norman baron
• Hamon Sutton (d. 1461/1462), English MP

See also

• Duke Aymon, a character in several Old French and Italian epics
• Heime, a figure popular in German and Scandinavian legends
• Haymon, a figure of Tyrolean legend
• Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, given by the Mathematical Association of America

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