Name: Nahum
Gender: Male
Usage: Nahum, of hebrew origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Nahum are in general originating from Israel, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Nahum is: Comforter, Compassionate.
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Numerology of the first name Nahum: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Nahum is ranked on the 16,901st position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 13200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Nahum has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Nahum is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin in its English variant. Derived from the Hebrew, its meaning is "He who gives comfort" so it shares the same meaning with the Hebrew term Menahem.
Biblical name, meaning ‘comforter’ in Hebrew, borne by a prophet of the 7th century BC. He was the author of the book of the Bible that bears his name, in which he prophesies the downfall of Nineveh, which fell in 612 BC. This is a well-established Jewish name, which was also popular among 17th-century Puritans in England. It was borne by the minor Restoration dramatist Nahum
Tate (1652–1715), who rewrote Shakespeare's King Lear with a happy ending. See also Nahman and Menahem.
Derivative: Russian: Naum.
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