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Наум
“full of comfort”
Наум (Naum) is a masculine given name. It is used in Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Nahum.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Наум goes back to Hebrew נחום, meaning “full of comfort.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Наум’s family of names
In Russian usage, Наум has a diminutive in Наумчик. In Russian usage, Наум has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Nahum. In Russian usage, Наум has a conventional equivalent in the English form Naum.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Наум has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Наум comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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