Nehemiah is an old Hebrew name that means ‘Yahweh comforts’. It is derived from ‘nacham’ meaning ‘to comfort’ and ‘yah’ referring to the Hebrew God.
Nehemiah is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Nehemiah isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Nehemiah ranks 362. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 5 were named Nehemiah. In the entire USA, approximately 16,888 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Nehemiah. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Nehemiah is an old Hebrew name that means ‘Yahweh comforts’. It is derived from ‘nacham’ meaning ‘to comfort’ and ‘yah’ referring to the Hebrew God.
Since 2000,... the name Nehemiah has risen in popularity in the US.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: 3.0% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an N. This means that N as the first letter for boys' names is neither particularly common nor rare. The most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With eight letters, the name Nehemiah is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, if 3.0% of all boys’ names start with an N, this initial letter is slightly less common than all other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with N that are quite common in the U.S., the most common at present is Nicholas.
If your name is Nehemiah and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Nehemiah, you can simply say:
Nut
Elephant
Hat
Elephant
Mouse
Igloo
Apple
Hat
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Nehemiah
Nehemiah
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
N
E
H
E
M
I
A
H
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
N
E
H
E
M
I
A
H
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Nehemiah sounds like this:
