Nehemiah

Where Nehemiah comes from

From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Nehemiah
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1837
    Nehemiah Green born
    American politician
  2. 1886
    First appearance
    #758 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1919
    Nehemiah Persoff born
    American actor and painter
  4. 2010
    Peak, #336
    933 babies named Nehemiah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Nehemiah Persoff · American actor and painter, 1919–2022
  • Nehemiah Green · American politician, 1837–1890
  • Nehemiah R. Knight · American politician, 1780–1854
  • Nehemiah Eastman · American congressman for New Hampshire, 1782–1856
  • Nehemiah Tamari · Israeli general, 1946–1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.