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Nehemiah
Say it: nee-uh-MY-uh
Meaning
Hebrew Neḥemyah, 'YHWH comforts'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Puritan name that has had a revival in the United States since the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 18,596 babies given this name since 1886
- At its height in 2013, about 1 in 2,000 boys
- 828 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Néhémie |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Nehemías |
| Italian | Neemia |
| Portuguese | Neemias |
| German | Nehemia |
| Hebrew | Nechemya |
| Hebrew | Nechemyah |
Famous bearers
- Nehemiah, rebuilder of the walls of Jerusalem
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.