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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Haimo m. Old High German heim, Old Frankish *haim 'home'.

The name of a 12th C French saint.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Aymondus (nom) JeanIII p. 8
Czech Republic
Latin
1351 Hayman (nom) chlumecky 19
England
Latin
1189 Hamo (nom) GASurv p. 78; 1279–80 Hamo (nom) WaHR-SK p. 53; 1300 Hamo (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 240; 1348 Hamo (abl) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 9; 1381 Hamo (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 88
Early Modern English
1558 Hamlet BUmar-vol9 p. 2; 1565/6 Hamnet BEmar-vol2 p. 2; 1579 Hamlyn HAmar-vol9 p. 50
France
Latin
1047 Aimo (nom) CartNDSaintes II; 1052 Aimonis (gen) St-Bernard-Romans no. 85; 1055 Aimo (nom) StVdM-II 739, Aimone (abl) ibid. 739; 1107 Haimo (nom) CartStPC XVII; 1131 Aymonis (gen) clairvaux-12thc 4; 1135 Aimo (nom) ibid. 7; 1138x62 Aimonis (gen) ibid. 85, Haimo (nom) ibid. 74; 1147 Aimo (nom) ibid. 14, Aimone (abl) ibid. 14, Aimonis (gen) ibid. 14, Ammonis (gen) ibid. 15, Aymo (nom) ibid. 19, Aymone (abl) ibid. 16, Aymonis (gen) ibid. 16, Haimone (abl) ibid. 18; 1147x62 Aimo (nom) ibid. 43, Haimo (nom) ibid. 51; 1147x1162 Haimonis (gen) ibid. 55, Haymo (nom) ibid. 43, Haymonis (gen) ibid. 45; c1150 Aymo (nom) CartSavII 200; 1155 Haimonis (gen) clairvaux-12thc 30; 1159 Haimonis (gen) ibid. 36; 1163 Haimonis (gen) ibid. 99; 1163–64 Aimo (nom) ibid. 118, Haimo (nom) ibid. 107, Haymo (nom) ibid. 109; 1164 Aimo (nom) ibid. 121, Haimo (nom) ibid. 120, Haymo (nom) ibid. 120; 1165 Haimo (nom) ibid. 125; 1166 Haimo (nom) ibid. 129, Haimonis (gen) ibid. 129; 1174 Haymo (nom) ibid. 158; 1177 Aimo (nom) ibid. 165; 1179 Aimone (abl) ibid. 172, Haimo (nom) ibid. 181, Haimone (abl) ibid. 173, Haimonis (gen) ibid. 181, Haymo (nom) ibid. 176, Haymone (abl) ibid. 176; 1180 Hamo (nom) RotScaNor p. 1, Hamonis (gen) ibid. p. 19, Hamund (nom) ibid. p. 6; c1200 Aimo (nom) CartSavII 201; 1273 Aymes (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 24
1180 Hamelini (gen) RotScaNor p. 28, Hamelino (abl) ibid. p. 11; 1378 Aymoneto (dat) hanquetvol1 82
Old French
1313 Hamon Paris1313 p. 83, Hemon ibid. p. 2
1296 Hemonnet paris1296 p. 4
Middle French
1392 Amelot MemBret-II col. 605, Hamelot ibid. col. 598; 1418 Hemmonet HGParis p. 385; 1421 Hemonnet favier 834
Germany
Latin
963x1023 Hemo (nom) TradCorb §226; 1147 Haimo (nom) mairhofer XXIII; 1151 Haimonis (gen) ibid. XXXVI; 1249 Heimo (nom) hennes-vol1 131
Italy
Latin
1376 Aymono (abl) DouGen1 p. 99
Scotland
Latin
1095x1100 Haimonis (gen) ESC XVI
Switzerland
Latin
1155 Aymo (nom) CartHaut 6; 1163 Haymo (nom) ibid. 13, Haymonis (gen) ibid. 13; 1166 Aymo (nom) ibid. 20, Haymone (abl) ibid. 19; 1179 Haymo (nom) ibid. 24; 1195 Aymo (nom) ibid. 29; 1342 Aymo (nom) Ob-SPVn (137)
14thCx1478 Aymodus (nom) Ob-SPVn (91), Aymoneti (gen) ibid. (5), Aymonetum (acc) ibid. (101), Aymonetus (nom) ibid. (5), Aymonodi (gen) ibid. (91), Aymonodus (nom) ibid. (77), Aymonus (nom) ibid. (218); 1360 Aymonetum (acc) ibid. (87); 1390 Aymonetus (nom) ibid. (102)
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Haimo". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Haimo.