Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
NachumIn Hebrew: נחום · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: נַחוּםRomanization: nakhúm
Nachum (Hebrew: נחום) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 3,947 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 53 boys and ranked #278. Its peak year was 1951, with 124 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,947
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 53
- rank #278
- Peak year
- 1951
- 124 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Nachum
In Hebrew letters the name is נחום, read right to left. Nachum is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "nakhúm" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Nahum (a book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible)
- Nahum (the minor prophet who wrote that book)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Nahum
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Nachum by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Nachum
How do you write Nachum in Hebrew?
Nachum is written נחום in Hebrew (with vowel points: נַחוּם). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "nakhúm".
How many people in Israel are named Nachum?
3,947 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נחום: 0 women and 3,947 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Nachum a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named נחום are men.
What does the name Nachum mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Nahum (a book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible)"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.