Nahum is a Hebrew name that means "comforter" or "consolation", from the same root as Nehemiah and Menachem. The prophet Nahum has a short book of the Old Testament to himself, which foretells the fall of Nineveh. In the United States the name stood at number 2242 in 2000, reached number 1734 in 2005, its best rank, and ranks number 2380 among boys' names in 2025.