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maleNehemiah - Name Meaning and Origin


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The boy's name Nehemiah \ne-hemiah, nehe-miah\ is pronounced nee-ah-MYE-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "comforter". Biblical: the prophet assigned to lead the Jews on their return to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon. Used by the Puritans.

Nehemiah has 3 variant forms: Nechemia, Nechemiah and Nechemya.

Baby names that sound like Nehemiah are Nehum and Nahum.

Nehemiah is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Nehemiah. Click here to compare Nehemiah with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Nehemiah
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Nehemiah

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