Given name
Nechemya
“God provides comfort”
Nechemya is a variant of Nehemiah. One Hebrew interpretation is “God provides comfort.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nechemya is a variant of Nehemiah. One Hebrew interpretation is “God provides comfort.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nechemya is a variant of Nehemiah. An origin associated with Nehemiah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nechemya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,600 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,600 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2018.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nechemya’s family of names
Nechemya has a related form in Nehemiah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nechemya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.