Nahom
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he comforted; a modern spelling of Nahum.
Nahom by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Nahom. In the US, 44 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 53 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Nahum
Like Nahom, each of these traces back to Nahum: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
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