Forename Nahum

Across the world, Nahum (Nahum , נחום , Nahúm ) is a common masculine first name. The given name Nahum is habitual in Mexico, where it is quite a rare masculine name, El Salvador, and Moldova. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Mexico, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Also, Nahum is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Nahum

name Nachum, name Наум, name Nahùm, name Nahum, name ナホム, name נחום, name Nahúm, name Нахум, name Nachman, name נחמן, name Нахман, name Naum, name Нагум, name Nahman

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Nahum	Honduras, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexico, Israel, El Salvador
נחום	Israel
Nahúm	El Salvador, Spain, Argentina, Mexico
Нахум	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Nachman, Nachum, Nahman, Nahùm, Naum, Нагум, Наум, Нахман, נחמן, and ナホム

First name Nahum in the context

Nahum is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nahum , the minor prophet in the Bible, Nahum.

Notable namesakes

	nahum the mede TR (b. 1)
	nahum of gimzo 1st century CE Jewish scholar and sage (b. 100)
	nahum ben jacob ha-ma'araví Moroccan poet of Catalan origin (13th century), AD (b. 1250)
	nahum pat (b. 1500)
	nahum tate Anglo-Irish poet and playwright, GB (b. 1652)
	nahum ward (1684-1754) (b. 1684)
	nahum mitchell American politician (1769-1853), US (b. 1769)
	nahum trebitsch Czech rabbi (1779–1842), CZ (b. 1779)
	nahum stetson businessman (1807-1894), US (b. 1807)
	nahum parker American politician (1760-1839), US (b. 1760)
	nahum chapin politician in Massachusetts, US (1820-1897), US (b. 1820)
	nahum bathrick hall politician in Massachusetts, US (1823-1897), US (b. 1823)
	nahum bailey politician in Massachusetts, US (1823-1898), US (b. 1823)
	nahum cutler 14 May 1776 Guildford, Vermont - 10 Sep 1840 (b. 1776)
	nahum sawin cutler politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1837)