Boim or Boym, or a romanization of the Yiddish noun בוים ('tree'), is a Yiddish variation of the family name Baum and may refer to: Michał Boym (1612–1659), Polish Jesuit (1629–1670), Polish Catholic priest, Jesuit , author of theological works Svetlana Boym, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University. (born 1965), Israeli educator Ze`ev Boim, Israeli politician See also Chapel of Boim family Ashkenazi surnames Yiddish-language surnames