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Mayim

Mayim proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Maryam.

Proper noun

Mayim (plural Mayims)

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Maryam.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew.

Forms of Mayim

pluralMayims

Origin of Mayim

Popularized by U.S. actress Mayim Bialik, Bialik's name originated as a diminutive contraction of Maryam, her grandmother's name. It has been reinterpreted as deriving from Hebrew מים (“water”).

Questions about Mayim

What does Mayim mean?
Mayim means a diminutive of the female given name Maryam.
What part of speech is Mayim?
Mayim is a proper noun.

Words near Mayim in the dictionary

  1. Mayhue
  2. Mayhues
  3. Mayhugh
  4. Mayhughs
  5. Mayiladuthurai
  6. Mayim
  7. Mayimi
  8. Mayimi River
  9. maying
  10. mayingite
  11. mayings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mayim (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.

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