Given name
Ruhamah
“one who has been given mercy”
Ruhamah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been given mercy.”
Original Hebrewרחמה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been given mercy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb raham (רחם), “to love deeply or have mercy.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. 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 Ruhamah appears in Hosea 2:1.
From biblical name research
Ruhamah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 6 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 girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ruhamah’s family of names
Ruhamah has a related form in Ruhama. Ruhamah has a related form in Ruhamea. Ruhamah has a related form in Ruhameah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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