Naamah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Her inclusion in the genealogy is often cited as an example of the importance of women in biblical history or interpreted in Jewish tradition as representing the 'pleasantness' of worldly civilization
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Naamah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 3.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 986K
- USUnited States≈1 in 3M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 78 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Israel, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Her inclusion in the genealogy is often cited as an example of the importance of women in biblical history or interpreted in Jewish tradition as representing the 'pleasantness' of worldly civilization before the Flood.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Naamah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | — | Naamah | 8 |
| US United States | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 3M | 6 | Naamah | 78 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 986K | — | Naamah | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 5.7M | — | Naamah | 19 |
| CA Canada | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 3.6M | — | Naamah | 4 |
| AU Australia | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 3.1M | — | Naamah | 12 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Naamah is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A Hebrew name meaning 'pleasant' or 'lovely'; she is the first of two biblical figures to bear this name.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A Hebrew name meaning 'pleasantness' or 'grace'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Naamah is significant in theological history as a foreign woman who entered the Davidic line; Rabbinic tradition posits that the prohibition against Ammonites entering the assembly of the Lord did not apply to Ammonite women, specifically to allow for her role in the ancestry of the Messiah.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, A descendant of Cain, daughter of Lamech and Zillah.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Pleasant; lovely; agreeable
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Naama Nardib. 1931ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli singer
- Naamah Kelmanb. 1955USAmerican rabbi
- Naama Friedmannb. 1969ILnot in their usual nameIsraelian psychologist & academic
- Naama Tsal b. 1981ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli writer, editor and literary theorist
- Naama Schendarb. 1982ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli actress
- Naama Tsabarb. 1982ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli artist (born 1982)
- Naama Lazimib. 1986ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician and social activist
- Nami Melumadb. 1988ILnot in their usual nameAmerican composer
- Naama Rakb. 1990ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli film critic
- Naama Pyritznot in their usual namefilm producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 6 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Naamah a male or female name?
- Naamah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Naamah mean, and where does it come from?
- Her inclusion in the genealogy is often cited as an example of the importance of women in biblical history or interpreted in Jewish tradition as representing the 'pleasantness' of worldly civilization… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Naamah?
- In the etymology graph, Naime, Naima and Naama are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Naamah have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Naamah in Israel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled naamah.
- How common is the name Naamah?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2,300 people in Israel have Naamah as their first given name, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/naamahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Naamah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.