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Origin & history of Nahum1
Biblical / Hebrew / Jewish / Aramaic roots
Nahum comes from the Biblical / Hebrew / Jewish / Aramaic tradition, meaning Comfort.
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How popular is Nahum?
2007
peak year
Nahum reached its widest reach during the early 2000s. In 2007, 85 babies received the name (ranked #1755). In the present decade it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #2312), with about 60 babies given the name annually. Nahum's usage has held roughly steady recently. The all-time total comes to roughly 2,139 registrations.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
85
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #1,755)
(ranked #1,755)
60
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
600
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
2,139
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Nahum3
Life path number
The Creator
Creativity, joy and self-expression.
✨Creative
😄Joyful
🗣️Communicator
🌈Optimistic
N5
A1
H8
U3
M4
Sum: 21 → Life path 3
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Personality of Nahum✨
Bright & creative
Imaginative, expressive, endlessly inventive.
😊
Magnetic warmth
Their laugh is contagious. People love being near them.
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Eternal optimist
Even in dark moments they find the light.
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Storyteller
They can describe anything and make it fascinating.
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