Nechama
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nɛtʃamə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nechama is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 113K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 1.2Kas נחמה
- CYCyprus≈1 in 84K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nechama itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 154 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 84K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,300 named נחמה, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled נחמה in IL Israel, RO Romania, LB Lebanon and Nechamah in MA Morocco.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nechama 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 | #143 | ≈7,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 358 | נחמה | 39 |
| US United States | — | 2,937 | 1 in 113K | 2.9K | Nechama | 154 |
| RO Romania | #719 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 9.2K | — | נחמה | 2 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | נחמה | 2 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 225K | — | Nechamah | 3 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 86K | 8 | — | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Nechama | 3 |
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: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nima Adlerblumb. 1881ILnot in their usual namea writer, educator, and early Zionist activist (1881-1974)
- Nechama Szmuszkowiczb. 1895FRFrench painter (1895-1977)
- Nechama Leibowitzb. 1905ILIsraeli biblical scholar (1905-1997)
- Nechama Epstein-Kozlowskib. 1922PLPolish Holocaust survivor
- Nechama Droberb. 1927ILGerman author (1927–2023)
- Nechama Tecb. 1931USPolish historian (1931–2023)
- Nechama Hendelb. 1936ILIsraeli singer (1936-1998)
- Nechama Rivlinb. 1945ILFirst lady of Israel (2014-2019)
- Nechama Duekb. 1950ILIsraeli journalist
- Nechama Dina Shneerson1st wife of Yisroel Noach Schneersohn
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.9K | #5,719 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 138 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 135 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 135 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 126 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 122 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 121 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 119 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 118 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 112 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 111 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 108 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Nechama?
- A machine transcription gives /nɛtʃamə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Nechama a male or female name?
- Nechama 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.
- In which country does Nechama have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.3 thousand people named נחמה in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Nechama?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,937 people named Nechama in 2020, about 1 in 113 thousand residents.
- How common is Nechama compared with other names?
- In Israel, Nechama is the 143rd most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Nechama?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nechamaThe 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, “Nechama” — the 143rd most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.