Forename Nachum

In the entire world, Nachum (Nachum , נחום , Нахум ) is quite a common mostly masculine, but uncommonly female given name. The first name Nachum is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common male name, Tanzania, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Belgium, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Israel, Tanzania, and the United States. Also, Nachum is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Nachum is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Nachum

name Nahum, name Наум, name נחמן, name Nachum, name Начум, name נחום, name Nachman, name Нахман, name Nahman, name Naum, name Нахум

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Nachum	Israel, India, United States, Tanzania, Romania
נחום	Israel
Нахум	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Nachman, Nahman, Nahum, Naum, Наум, Нахман, Начум, and נחמן

Notable namesakes

	nachum asz Polish rabbi, PL (b. 1858)
	nachum sokolov Hebrew journalist, editor, essayist, and political leader (1859–1936), GB (b. 1859)
	nachum sternheim Polish Jewish poet and songwriter, PL (b. 1879)
	nachum baruch gintzburg LT (b. 1882)
	nachum neumann holocaust victim, b. 1861-08-05, AT (b. 1861)
	nachum willner holocaust victim, b. 1867-09-05, AT (b. 1867)
	nachum wolf landesberg holocaust victim, b. 1867-05-07, AT (b. 1867)
	nachum dov krapivner Hebrew children's writer, BY (b. 1890)
	nachum vilkomirski LT (b. 1884)
	nachum israel wahrmann rabbi (b. 1895)
	nachum bomze Polish-American Yiddish poet, UA (b. 1906)
	nachum dov brayer Boyaner Rebbe, US (b. 1959)
	nachum erlich Israeli musician, violinist and music educator, IL (b. 1959)
	nachum zev dessler Orthodox Jewish Rabbi, LT (b. 1921)
	nachum alpert (b. 1913)