Given name
Nahamani
“compassionate”·“he comforts me”
Nahamani is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewנחמני
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Nahamani means “compassionate” or “he comforts me.”
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Where it comes from
Nahamani is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb naham (נחם), “to be sorry or to comfort.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Nahamani appears in Ezra 2:2.
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Nahamani’s family of names
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Nehemiahshares a root
- Nahumshares a root
- Naumshares a root
- Tanhumethshares a root
- Nehumshares a root
- Capernaumshares a root
- Nahamshares a root
- Menahemshares a root
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