Name meaning & stats
Nahum
Nahum means “consolation” (Hebrew origin). 2,184 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.
What it means
“consolation”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
2,184 US babies were named Nahum between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Nahum (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)