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Nahum (male)

Variants:Menahem (M) Nahman (M)
Derivative(s):Naum (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Jewish, from Hebrew "comforter"; OT Book of Nahum.  Popular English Puritan name in the 17th century.
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