English Explanatory Dictionary

Keim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Keim Keims

Etymology

* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קײַם (kaym), a name from Hebrew קיים (“existing, enduring, tough”). * As a German surname, from the noun Keim (“sprout, shoot”). Sometimes also a pet form of Joachim. Compare Kaim.

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