Given name & surname
Naaman
“a pleasant man”
Naaman is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a pleasant man.”
Original Hebrewנעמן
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a pleasant man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb naem (נעם), “to be pleasant.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Naaman appears in Genesis 46:21, Numbers 26:40, Luke 4:27.
- Genesis 46:21
- Numbers 26:40
- Luke 4:27
From biblical name research
Naaman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 856
- 856 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 623 as a first name in 2020; 227 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Naaman’s family of names
Naaman may belong to the same name family as NAAMANN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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