Nechama
/nəˈxɑːmə/noun
A Hebrew feminine given name meaning comfort or consolation.
Did you know?Nechama comes from the Hebrew root נחם, which can mean both “to comfort” and “to relent” or “change one’s mind,” giving the name a deeper link to emotional transformation.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
נֶחָמָה (neḥāmāh)
“Comfort, consolation, or relief from grief”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
נחם (n-ḥ-m)
“To comfort, console, relent, or change one’s mind”
Late Antiquity
Hebrew
Neḥāmā
“A feminine personal name meaning “comfort” or “consolation””
Medieval Jewish usage
Hebrew
Nechama
“A Jewish feminine given name used among Hebrew- and Yiddish-speaking communities”
Modern English
English
Nechama
“A transliterated Hebrew personal name, commonly pronounced roughly “neh-KHAH-mah””