[1] The feminine form for this name is Chaya Chai is the Hebrew word for "alive".
It is cognate to the Arabic word حياة (ḥayāh), with the same meaning, deriving from the same Proto-Semitic root.
Common secular replacements for the name Haim include Heinrich and Harvey.
The earliest attested forms of this etymology occur in Old German, as Haimo.
Around 2011, the numbers stood at 94 and 173 respectively, with two bearers of the surname Haim in Ireland.