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,The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), s.vv.; . and Fitzhamon.Thorvald Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times (Uppsala, 1916), pp. 140–142 (for Hammond and Fitzhamon). 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.The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), II, p. 1183 [s.v. Hamnett, and the other entries referred to there]; .
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
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. 1272/1273), English crusader Hamo Box (b. c. 1271), Sheriff of London Hamo Hethe (c. 1275–1352), bishop of Rochester Hamo Thornycroft (1850–1925), English sculptor
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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