Given name & surname
Nimrod
“a mighty hunter”
Nimrod is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a mighty hunter.”
Original Hebrewנמרד
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a mighty hunter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb marad (מרד), “to rebel.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. 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 Nimrod appears in Genesis 10:8, Genesis 10:10-12, Micah 5:6.
- Genesis 10:8
- Genesis 10:10-12
- Micah 5:6
From biblical name research
Nimrod through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 333
- 333 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 485 as a first name in 2020; 235 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.
Nimrod’s family of names
Nimrod may belong to the same name family as NIMRROD. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nimrod
- Nimrod GreenwoodAustralian rower1929–2016
- Nimrod AloniIsraeli military officerborn 1973
- Nimrod MashiahIsraeli windsurferborn 1988
- Nimrod ShefferIsraeli military officerborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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