Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a derog. term for a Jew; used as generic form of address.

1952		(con. 1910s) ‘Harry Grey’ Hoods (1953) 5: Cockeye Hymie leaned excitedly across his desk.
1955		B. Appel Tough Guy [ebook] A mob of small punks tailed two soldiers. ‘Hymie,’ a small voice shrilled. ‘Why doncha lemme see der medal again’.
1960		(con. 1940s) G. Morrill Dark Sea Running 140: One good thing about that barrel nose of yours, Hymie. It keeps your eyes from fighting each other.
1979		E. Torres After Hours 120: Shalom, Hymie.’ And I gave him the Sidge ‘salute.’ He got a kick out of it. He cracked up.
1987		T. Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities 5: There’s one of them yelling Goldberg and another one yelling Hymie.
1994		N. McCall Makes Me Wanna Holler (1995) 361: Jesse Jackson had referred to Jews as ‘Hymies.’.
2000		P. Beatty Tuff 127: What about ‘Hebe,’ ‘kike,’ ‘hymie,’ ‘Yid.’ Anything but ‘Jewboy’ all the damn time!

2. a derog. nickname for a German.

1968, 1987

in DARE.