Haimo, also spelled Hamo, Heimo, Hamon, Haim, Haym, Heym, Aymo, Aimo, etc., is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. The

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligi ...

forms are Haimon, Aymon, Aimon, Aymes. It is a

hypocoristic A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for ...

form of various Germanic names beginning with the radical ''haim-'', meaning "home".

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''Haimo'' is the origin of a wide range of surnames, including English surnames like ''Hame'', '' Haim'', ''Haime'', ''

Haimes Haimes is an English language surname. Etymology According to the ''Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland'', the modern name ''Haimes'' originates in two different medieval names, which came to sound the same around the sixtee ...

'', ''Hains'', ''

Haines Haines may refer to: *Haines (surname), ''includes partial list of people with the surname'' * Haines (character), a character in James Joyce's ''Ulysses'' Places Antarctica * Haines Glacier, Antarctica * Haines Mountains, mountain range in Anta ...

'', ''Hayns'', '' Haynes'', ''Hammon'', ''

Hammond Hammond may refer to: People * Hammond Innes (1913–1998), English novelist * Hammond (surname) * Justice Hammond (disambiguation) Places Antarctica * Hammond Glacier, Antarctica Australia *Hammond, South Australia, a small settlement in South ...

'', and Fitzhamon. The Old French form ''Haimon'' was then combined with the

diminutive A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-form ...

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 .v. ''Hamnett'', and the other entries referred to there .

People

* Aimo (d. 1173), French monk, mystic and saint *

Heymo (bishop of Wrocław) Heymo was a medieval Bishop of Wrocław, Poland from 1120–1126. Bishops of Wroclaw in the his ...

(r. 1120–1126) ;Aymon * Aymon de Briançon (d. 1211), archbishop of Tarentaise *

Aymon II of Geneva Aymon II (died 1280) was the Count of Geneva from 1265. He was the son and heir of Count Rudolf, but died heirless himself and was succeeded by his brother Amadeus II. According to one modern historian, he was “overawed by the power of the coun ...

(r. 1265–1280), count *

Aymon, Count of Savoy Aymon (15 December 1291 – 22 June 1343), nicknamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1329 to 1343. Early life Aymon was born in Chambéry. His father was Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, and he was the younger brother of Edward, Count of S ...

(r. 1329–1343) * Aymon III of Geneva (r. 1367), count *

Aymon of Ortinge Aymon of Ortinge, also known as Amanieu d'Ortigue or Amanieu de l'Artigue, was a French people, French mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War. His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart He was an adventurer of Gascony, Gascony or ...

(fl. 1369), French mercenary captain *

Aymon of Challant Aymon II of Challant (French: ''Aymon de Challant'', Italian: ''Aimone di Challant''; 1305 – c. 1387) was a nobleman of the Challant family of Aosta Valley. Biography He was the son of Godefroi II di Challant, the first son of Ebal I of ...

(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 de Valognes (Valoignes, Valoines, Valoins, Valons, Valeynes, Valeignes, Valens, Valence, Valance, Valang, Valoniis) is a family name of two distinct powerful families with notable descendants in the centuries immediately following the Norman Con ...

(r. 1086), Anglo Norman lord in Suffolk ;Haymo * Haymo of Halberstadt (died 853), German monk, bishop and biblical scholar *

Haymo of Faversham Haymo of Faversham, O.F.M. ( ) was an English Franciscan scholar. His scholastic epithet was ' (Latin for "Most Aristotelian among the Aristotelians"), referring to his stature among the Scholastics during the Recovery of Aristotle amid the ...

(d. c. 1243), English Franciscan scholar ;Hamo *

Hamo the Steward Hamo the Steward, the Sheriff of Kent was a leading person during the 11th century, Norman Conquest of England. He had extensive land holdings in Essex, Kent and Surrey. He was a judge at Penenden in case between Lanfranc and Odo of Bayeux i ...

(fl. 1071–1076), Anglo-Norman sheriff of Kent *

Hamo Dapifer Hamo DapiferHollister ''Henry I'' pp. 363–364 (died c. 1100) (''alias'' HaimoBarlow ''William Rufus'' pp. 188–189) was an Anglo-Norman royal official under both King William I of England (r. 1066–1087) and his son King William II of Englan ...

(d. c. 1100), Anglo-Norman official * Hamo (dean of Lincoln) (fl. 1189–1195) *

Hamo (dean of York) Hamo was a 12th- and 13th-century English cleric. He was the Diocese of York's dean, treasurer, and precentor, as well as the archdeacon of the East Riding. His background is unknown, but he was probably a canon of the cathedral chapter at ...

(fl. 1216–1219) * Hamo de Crevecoeur (d. 1263), Anglo-Norman official *

Hamo le Strange Hamo le Strange, Heimon Lestrange, Hamo L'Estrange or Hamo Extraneus (died late in 1272 or early 1273) was an English Crusader. His surname means ''the Foreigner''. By marriage to Isabella of Beirut he was Lord of Beirut in the Kingdom of Jerusale ...

(d. 12727/1273), English crusader * Hamo Hethe (c. 1275–1352), bishop of Rochester *

Hamo Thornycroft Sir William Hamo Thornycroft (9 March 185018 December 1925) was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London's best-known statues, including the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of Westminster. He was a keen student of classi ...

(1850–1925), English sculptor ;Hamon *

Hamon Dentatus Hamon Dentatus (died 1047) was a Norman baron who was killed while rebelling with other Norman barons against William II, Duke of Normandy (r. 1035–1087) at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes. The epithet "Dentatus" or "Dens" was probably given to Hamo ...

(d. 1047), Norman baron * Hamon de Massey (fl. c. 1070), Anglo-Norman baron *

Hamon Sutton Hamon Sutton (ca. 1392 – 1461/1462), of Lincoln, was an English politician. Family Sutton was the son of MP Robert Sutton of Lincoln. He married Margaret Vavasour, from Yorkshire, who was a member of the influential Skipwith family through he ...

(d. 1461/1462), English MP

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