Word.ws English Dictionary

Keim

Keim proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Keim (plural Keims)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Keim

pluralKeims

Origin of Keim

* 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.

Questions about Keim

What does Keim mean?
Keim means a surname.
What part of speech is Keim?
Keim is a proper noun.

Words near Keim in the dictionary

  1. Keilor Lodge
  2. Keilor North
  3. Keilor Park
  4. Keiloran
  5. Keily
  6. Keim
  7. Keims
  8. Keinath
  9. Keinaths
  10. Keinbah
  11. Keinton Mandeville

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Keim (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Keim.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/keim. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.