At a Glance
- Meaning
- Water
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- mah-YEEM
Mayim is a Hebrew girl's name meaning “water”. It appears in our list of Moon Baby Names That Are Quietly Stunning.
Meaning & Origin of Mayim
Meaning: Water.
Origin: Hebrew.
A common claim: Waters Actually: Mayim is widely understood to simply mean 'water,' but the name's actual history is different — it began as an inherited family name and was reinterpreted as the Hebrew word for water only later.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Mayim
mah-YEEM
Popularity of Mayim
Mayim doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Mayim
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