Name «Khvalym»

The personal name "Khvalym" is derived from the name of the village Khvalimychi and the fortification mentioned in Volhynia in 1495. The name is formed by truncating the composite name Khvalymir or Khvalymysl. In the Polish language, a similar shortened name, Chwalish, exists. Additionally, there is a surname formed with the suffix Chvalik, which was recorded in 1783 in the Lemko village of Bortne in Galicia.