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Hiram
HEYE-ruhm
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A male given name of Hebrew origin, borne by a biblical king of Tyre, and also the name of several small towns in the United States.
"Her great-uncle Hiram ran the general store for forty years."
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Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, "high-born"), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of a name meaning "brother of the exalted."