׳חאם׳ (probably a transliteration into Hebrew of Ukrainian)
English translation: Cham
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|  Selected response from: Ty Kendall United Kingdom Local time: 04:35 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | Cham |
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| хам = cham = חאם |
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2 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Cham Explanation: If it's Ukrainian there are other examples of Ukrainians with this name here: http://www.jewishgen.org/ukraine/RES_MNI_Det.asp?id=639 http://pickbabynames.com/Ukrainian/C/Cham.html http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/GaliciaPoland-Ukraine/mess... "Хам" is also the Cyrillic spelling of "Ham/Cham" i.e. Noah's son. Reference: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC Reference: http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC |
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| Reference: хам = cham = חאם Reference information: Ty is absolutely right, хам = cham = חאם with reference to the Bible (Cham who was Noah's son) in Ukrainian/ Russian language cham is used with the meaning of "low fellow" or "vulgarian". I wish you luck in your work! |
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