Given name & surname
Menachem
“one who provides comfort”
Menachem is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who provides comfort.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who provides comfort.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Menachem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,063
- 7,063 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 214 babies
- 2025
- 198
- #1,088 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 198 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,088 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (98). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,810 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Menachem’s family of names
In German usage, Menachem has a diminutive in Mendel. In German usage, Menachem has a related form in Menahem. In German usage, Menachem has a conventional equivalent in the English form Menahem.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Menachem has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mendeldiminutive · Czech, English
- Menahemvariant · German, English
- Mechemvariant
- Mechumvariant
- Machemvariant
- Machumvariant
- Menahymvariant
- Menahimvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
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.
People named Menachem
- Menachem BeginIsraeli politician and former Prime Minister (1913–1992)
- Menachem Mendel SchneersonRussian-American Orthodox Jewish rabbi (1902–1994)
- Menahem GolanIsraeli film director and producer (1929–2014)
- Menachem Mendel SchneersohnRbi Third Chabad Rebbe (1789–1866)
- Menachem UssishkinJewish politician (1863–1941)
- Menachem BelloIsraeli footballerborn 1947
- Menachem ElonIsraeli High Court judge (1923–2013)
- Menachem AvidomIsraeli composer of Polish descent (1908-1995)
- Menachem Mendel of KotzkPolish rabbi1787–1859
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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